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Robinson, Marilynne.

Home / Marilynne Robinson. - London : Virago, 2009. - 339 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; London: Virago, 2008.

Jack Boughton - prodigal son - has been gone 20 years. He returns home seeking refuge and to make peace with the past. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father. His sister Glory has also returned to care for their dying father.

9781844085507 (pbk.) : £7.99


Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.


Iowa--Fiction.


General Fiction.