While I Was Away: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the While I Was Away audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Chieko Hidaka (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Chieko Hidaka
Chieko Hidaka narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 24 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,099 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Refugee
- The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire #2)
- The Graveyard Book
- The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3)
- The City of Ember: The First Book of Ember
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
While I Was Away is an audiobook by Waka T. Brown: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Chieko Hidaka, released January 26, 2021, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chieko Hidaka
- Released
- January 26, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9780063017146
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the While I Was Away audiobook?
While I Was Away runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is the While I Was Away audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates While I Was Away?
While I Was Away is narrated by Chieko Hidaka.