HousekeepingHousekeeping by Marilynne Robinson http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0571230083/ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_NVeUub14ACX49
The Loss Is Immeasurable"There is so little to remember of anyone -- an anecdote, a conversation at a table. But every memory is turned over and over again, every word, however chance, written in the heart in the hope that memory will fulfill itself, and become flesh, and that the wanderers will find a way home, and the perished, whose lack we always feel, will step through the door finally and stroke our hair with habitual dreaming fondness not having meant to keep us waiting long."
HousekeepingRead 7,371 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth a…
Blessings in DisguiseTo her fans—and there are many, from critic James Wood to Barack Obama—Robinson shows that old-fashioned virtues like seriousness and simplicity are still virtues.
Housekeeping Marilynne RobinsonSome of the most beautiful words I have ever read, from Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping
The First Church of Marilynne RobinsonMartin Amis, in his New Yorker review of Don DeLillo’s “The Angel Esmeralda,” argued that any time we claim to love a writer’s work, we are always …
Lila review – Marilynne Robinson’s triumphant return to GileadPreacher John Ames faces the fiercest test of his faith in the town we first encountered in 2004, writes Sophie Elmhirst
Notes to self: from Philip Roth to Gillian Flynn, authors look back at their workMarilynne Robinson on Housekeeping. Notes to self: from Philip Roth to Gillian Flynn, authors look back at their work
Marilynne Robinson’s Essential American StoriesThe author of “Housekeeping,” “Gilead,” and, now, “Jack” looks to history not just for the origins of America’s ailments but for their remedy, too, Casey Cep writes.
Inspirational Quote On A Book Page-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead Such a beautiful quote about parenting... They are HIS. My protection will never ever suffice. Thankful...
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