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![]() | Home (2008) (The second book in the Gilead series) A novel by Marilynne Robinson |
Orange Prize for Fiction
Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Home is an entirely independent, deeply affecting novel that transpires concurrently in the same locale, this time in the household of Reverend Robert Boughton, Ames's closest friend.
Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack - the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years - comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain.
Jack is one of the great characters in recent literature. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold a job, he is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton's most beloved child. Brilliant, lovable, and wayward, Jack forges an intense bond with Glory and engages painfully with Ames, his godfather and namesake.
Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. It is Robinson's greatest work, an unforgettable embodiment of the deepest and most universal emotions.
Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack - the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years - comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain.
Jack is one of the great characters in recent literature. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold a job, he is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton's most beloved child. Brilliant, lovable, and wayward, Jack forges an intense bond with Glory and engages painfully with Ames, his godfather and namesake.
Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. It is Robinson's greatest work, an unforgettable embodiment of the deepest and most universal emotions.
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Hardback Editions
September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Home (Thorndike Core) Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 141040742X / 9781410407429 (USA edition) Publisher: SOS Free Stock Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Home Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 184408549X / 9781844085491 (UK edition) Publisher: Virago Availability: Amazon UK |
September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Home: A Novel Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 0374299102 / 9780374299101 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
August 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Home Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 1554681219 / 9781554681211 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Availability: Amazon CA |
January 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Home Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 1408414554 / 9781408414552 (UK edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
January 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Home Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 1408414562 / 9781408414569 (UK edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
January 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Home Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 1554681227 / 9781554681228 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Canada Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
September 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Home (Large Print Press) Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 1594133468 / 9781594133466 (USA edition) Publisher: Large Print Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
September 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Home: A Novel Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 0312428545 / 9780312428549 (USA edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
April 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Home Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 1844085503 / 9781844085507 (UK edition) Publisher: Virago Availability: Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
September 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Home: A Novel Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: 1427205108 / 9781427205100 (USA edition) Publisher: Macmillan Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
May 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: Home Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: B002TZ3EZ2 Publisher: Virago Availability: Amazon UK |
September 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: Home: A Novel Author(s):: Marilynne Robinson ISBN: B0018QSNYU Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon |
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