Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Morgan Hallett (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Morgan Hallett
Morgan Hallett narrates 139 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,546 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,917 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care is an audiobook by Claudia Rowe: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Morgan Hallett, released May 20, 2025, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Morgan Hallett
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9798895949122
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care audiobook?
Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care audiobook free?
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Who narrates Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care?
Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care is narrated by Morgan Hallett.