The Atonement Child

By: Francine Rivers

Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister

In one terrifying moment, Dynah Carey's perfect life is shattered by rape, her future irrevocably altered by an unwanted pregnancy, and her doting family torn apart. Her seemingly rock-solid faith is pushed to the limits as she faces the most momentous choice of her life - to embrace or to end the untimely life within her.

With over a quarter-million print copies sold, The Atonement Child explores the devastating consequences of rape and resulting pregnancy on innocent victims, their families, and their faith.

Honored with the Holt Medallion, three RITAs, and membership in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame, Christy Award-winning author Francine Rivers is acclaimed for perennial best sellers like Redeeming Love.

©1997 Francine Rivers (P)2008 Recorded Books

Fabulous

What a remarkable controversial book! It deals with a tough subject!
I absolutely love this book! The author made the characters so real ! I miss them already!
The performance was ok - I’ve heard better ! However the book is amazing ! ❤️

Good Story But Bizarre Presentation

This story takes a while to get going, but once you get to around Chapter 7, it gets better. Unfortunately, the audio book narration is not good. Every character presented, even the male characters, sound like either Betty Boop or some variation of an elderly Katherine Hepburn.

Wow!!!

I’ve listened to this twice now and as heart wrenching as some parts are, it is truly a story of redemption and what miracles can happen when we choose God’s way over our own. Even when it’s hard and makes no sense from our limited perspective.

powerful

This is a well written powerful story. A different narrator would have made it even better.

Good book

This is a good book by Francine Rivers. A little cheesy and cliche at times but an easy listen and good lesson in it. I do wish the end had been a little more detailed and some of the character’s stories would have been wrapped up more fully. I agree with the other reviews that the narrator is not appropriate for this work: Ruth Ann Phimister is a great narrator but considering the book is mainly from the POV of a late teens-early twenty some women it seems odd to have an older voice narrating. Overall I would recommend it but not my favorite Rivers novel.