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Book Reviews of The Book of Ruth (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)

The Book of Ruth (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)
The Book of Ruth - Audio Cassette - Abridged
Author: Jane Hamilton, Mare Winningham (Narrator)
ISBN-13: 9780671576479
ISBN-10: 067157647X
Publication Date: 2/1/1997
Edition: Abridged
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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5 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

dutrall avatar reviewed The Book of Ruth (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 23 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Mare Winingham is perfect reading this book. You can easily picture her as Ruth.
reviewed The Book of Ruth (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 63 more book reviews
It held my interest, but it would be hard to say "I liked it." A sad group of characters, but I know they're out there.
reviewed The Book of Ruth (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on
I listened to this book when I was first getting into audiobooks several years ago. When I finished listening I wrote my first ever "fan letter". Mare Winningham is brilliant as the narrator. She doesn't sound as though she's reading, per se. As I listened to the book while commuting to work, I pictured Ruth sitting in passenger seat just telling me her story. I've listened to many, many books since then and no other reader has come close to Ms. Winningham's performance. There is another audio version of this book, with a different narrator. If you're interested in listening, be sure to get the version read by Mare Winningham.
Bonnie avatar reviewed The Book of Ruth (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 422 more book reviews
This is an excellent read, haunting in its hard luck, pathetic with meaness. A real page-turner, and yet, for most of the book, I liked only one character, and a minor one at that. I suppose it has its redemptive ending, or so I've read, but I don't see it. It is a story of losers who stay lost.
treehuggernumberone avatar reviewed The Book of Ruth (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on
Audio version of Hamilton's best seller.