A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH\'S Book CLUB PICK - NATIONAL Book AWARD FINALIST - NATIONAL Book CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE Book Marilynne Robinson\'s Lila is an enthralling meditation on belief, suffering and grace.
Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson\'s Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead and Home , a National Book Award finalist, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence that is destined to become an American classic..
When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves.
Despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, their shared life was laced with moments of joy and love.
Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a ragged blade to protect them.
Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood.
She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her newfound security.
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 ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life.
Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder. -- Entertainment Weekly A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead, Marilynne Robinson returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder. -- The New York Times Grade: A Emotionally and intellectually challenging, it\'s an exploration of faith in God, love, and whatever else it takes to survive.
Robinson renders Lila\'s] tale with the stark poetry of Edward Hopper or Andrew Wyeth.
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Robinson has created a balladlike story . --O, the Oprah Magazine Writing in lovely, angular prose that has the high loneliness of an old bluegrass tune, Ms.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH\'S Book CLUB PICK - NATIONAL Book AWARD FINALIST - NATIONAL Book CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE Book Marilynne Robinson\'s Lila is an enthralling meditation on belief, suffering and grace
