Marilynne Robinson Unisex Collection 4 Books Set (Gilead, Home, Lila, Housekeeping)

Name: Marilynne Robinson Unisex Collection 4 Books Set (Gilead, Home, Lila, Housekeeping)
Brand: Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson

Description. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. Gilead:. In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears.'It is a book of such meditative calm, such spiritual intensity that is seems miraculous that her silence was only for 23 years; such measure of wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime. Robinson's prose, aligned with the sublime simplicity of the language of the bible, is nothing short of a benediction.. Home:. Now comes Home, a deeply affecting novel that takes place in the same period and same Iowa town of Gilead. This is Jack's story. Jack - prodigal son of the Boughton family, godson and namesake of John Ames, gone twenty years - has come home looking for refuge and to try to make peace with a past littered with trouble and pain.. Lila:. Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church-the only available shelter from the rain-and i...