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A Song I Knew By Heart
A Song I Knew By Heart
Author: Bret Lott
After Naomi's son is killed in a New England winter car crash, her daughter-in-law is cast into the pit of grief, just as Naomi had been 8 years before when her Eli had died. This is a song she knows by heart. — When Naomi decides to move back to South Carolina, the land of her childhood, Ruth utters the Biblical words: "Where you go, I will go. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345437754
ISBN-10: 0345437756
Publication Date: 5/31/2005
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 2
A wonderful, melancholy book. I very much enjoyed it!
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Helpful Score: 2
Not my favorite Lott story but an easy read. I sometimes had a difficult time following the narrator because she speaks typical southern speak. I would have to reread a sentence to catch her meaning but the two main characters have a special relationship that develops very sweetly and it was not too long a book.
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A story of a modern-day Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. The loss of their loved one, Mahlon, Naomi's son and Ruth's husband sends the two of them on a journey together back to Naomi's hometown. It's definitely a story of true love - the kind between men and women and women of two generations, also.

A good one!
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i loved the story of two women depending on one another. It will be one I will long remember.
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This is a MUST!
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This is a lovely retelling of the story of Ruth. Lott does a fabulous job of creating the story - and you forget that the author is a man!
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This is a wonderful book. It is based on the biblical story of Ruth and is quite elegantly done.
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Boring and repeats itself so much it is irritating.


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