Jack /
Robinson, Marilynne,
Jack / Marilynne Robinson. - First edition. - 309 pages ; 21 cm. - Gilead ; [4] .
Series information from www.goodreads.com.
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 wonders of a sacred world. Jack is Robinson's fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a preacher. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now.
9780374279301 0374279306
2020012453
Conflict of generations--Fiction.
Children of clergy--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Interracial dating--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Iowa--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Christian fiction.
Jack / Marilynne Robinson. - First edition. - 309 pages ; 21 cm. - Gilead ; [4] .
Series information from www.goodreads.com.
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 wonders of a sacred world. Jack is Robinson's fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a preacher. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now.
9780374279301 0374279306
2020012453
Conflict of generations--Fiction.
Children of clergy--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Interracial dating--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Iowa--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Christian fiction.