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While You're Away by Jessa Holbrook

While You're Away: Audiobook

Book 1 of the While You're Away series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the While You're Away audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Mae Middleton (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish While You're Away at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf

1,120 Tough Topics 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

While You're Away is book 1 of Jessa Holbrook's While You're Away series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Mae Middleton, released May 20, 2014, on the Tough Topics shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Mae Middleton
Released
May 20, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Tough Topics
Series
While You're Away #1
ISBN
9780698156890

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the While You're Away audiobook?

While You're Away runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the While You're Away audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates While You're Away?

While You're Away is narrated by Mae Middleton.