Where Courage Began: Velma's Story: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Velma's Story series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Where Courage Began: Velma's Story audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Wisniewski (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 20 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 9.7 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Velma's Story
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 32.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where Courage Began: Velma's Story | 9.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Road to Resilience: Velma's Story | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Long Journey: Velma's Story | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Wisniewski
Kate Wisniewski narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 118 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,179 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Where Courage Began: Velma's Story is book 1 of G. L. Gooding's Velma's Story series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Wisniewski, released February 18, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Wisniewski
- Released
- February 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age, Drama
- Series
- Velma's Story #1
- ISBN
- 9798331904661
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Where Courage Began: Velma's Story audiobook?
Where Courage Began: Velma's Story runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Where Courage Began: Velma's Story audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Where Courage Began: Velma's Story?
Where Courage Began: Velma's Story is narrated by Kate Wisniewski.