Gilead novels
Author
1) Gilead
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.
2) Home
Author
Series
Gilead novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Glory Boughton cares for her dying father, Reverend Robert Boughton; soon she is joined by her brother, Jack, who comes home looking for refuge and who is trying to make peace with his past.
3) Lila
Author
Series
Gilead novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by a canny young drifter and together they crafted a life on the run. Despite some petty violence and moments of desperation, their life was laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves.
4) Jack
Author
Series
Gilead novels volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction Marilynne Robinson's mythical world of Gilead, Iowa'the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and Lila, and now Jack'and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the...
