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Home (Gilead, #2)

Marilynne Robinson

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Jul 24, 2009 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, redemption

I had checked out Home when it first came out but turned it quickly back when, thinking it was too much like Gilead. The reviews for Home continued to pour in and all of them were good. So I went back to it. And loved it. Robinson knows the Prodigal Son.

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Sep 26, 2015 Karen rated it really liked it

Gilead was an amazing book, and Home is almost as good. Home is the story of Gilead, but told from a different point of view. Glory, Reverend Boughton's youngest daughter is the main character, and we see Jack's story unfold through her eyes.

10/5/2020: I am reading Home again, because Jack, the fourth book set in Gilead, was just published.

Reading this again reminded me of what a wonderful writer Ms. Robinson is.
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Aug 18, 2019 Bogdan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: new-world

A novel that fits my taste almost entirely: realism, never-ending subject of human relationships, family, destiny and conformism being part of the topics discussed. I really liked it and enjoyed reading it a lot.

The only drawback I noticed are the dialogues which are not at the same level of mastery, sometimes creating impression that each dialogue line is from a single character.

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