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Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
📚Literary fiction~256 pages
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In the small town of Gilead, Iowa, in 1956, an ageing Congregationalist minister begins a long letter to his young son, knowing he will not live to see the boy grow up. Part confession, part blessing, it gathers memories of three generations of preachers, a late and unexpected marriage, and the return of a prodigal namesake who unsettles the household. Quiet, luminous and consoling rather than dramatic, the novel dwells on forgiveness, grace and the beauty of ordinary mornings, and its intimate voice makes it easy to read a few pages at a time before sleep.
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