![]() It’s a kind of Prodigal Son story, with an older sister rather than an older brother, a father who tries hard to fling wide the doors of welcome but struggles with his fears and prejudices, and Jack, the beloved prodigal, who cannot quite muster the appropriate prodigal penitence even for things he is genuinely sorry for. It tells the story of the aging Presbyterian minister Robert Boughton, and two of his many children who return home in midlife - his virtuous and reliable daughter Glory, and his ne’er-do-well black-sheep son Jack. I’ve read and loved all three of Marilynne Robinson’s beautiful novels set in the fictional town of Gilead: Gilead, Home, and Lila. Of the three, Home was my favourite. ![]() Reading this book was an incredibly intense experience for me, and I’m not going to so much try to review this book as to tell you what reading it was like for me (which is pretty much the whole vibe of this “book review” blog of mine here). ![]()
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