Home A Novel
Home, a novel by Marilynne Robinson, is published by Macmillan and was released on September 2, 2008. This first edition spans 325 pages and is written in English. The story unfolds in the town of Gilead, where Glory Boughton returns to care for her dying father, Reverend Robert Boughton. The narrative explores the complexities of family dynamics as Glory’s estranged brother, Jack, returns after twenty years, seeking refuge and reconciliation with his troubled past.
Readers will find a poignant exploration of family life, secrets, and the interplay of love, faith, and mortality. The novel delves into the intricate relationship between Glory and Jack, as well as Jack’s struggles with his identity and his bond with his father. Through its rich character development and emotional depth, Home addresses themes of redemption and the challenges of familial ties, making it a significant addition to contemporary literary fiction.
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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 takes place 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.
Home is a 2008 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.
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