false 20522225 1097766 68210 031242440X 9780312424404 1857 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170687634m/68210.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170687634s/68210.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68210.Gilead_A_Novel 3.76 8769 Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. Writing in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson's beautiful, spare, and spiritual prose allows "even the faithless reader to feel the possibility of transcendent order" (Slate). In the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister John Ames, Gilead reveals the human condition and the often unbearable beauty of an ordinary life.]]> 7491 3.84 17140 3712 2000 4 0 false Sat Apr 19 09:20:40 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 09:20:43 -0700 2008