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Marilynne robinson, winner of the pulitzer prize and the national humanities medal, returns to the world of gilead with jack, the latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary american fiction. From the orange prize winning author of home acclaimed on publication as a contemporary classic, housekeeping is the story of ruth and lucille, orphansgrowing up in the small desolate town of fingerbone in the vast northwest of america. Housekeeping study guide by bookrags consists of approx. She knocks off the false elevation, the pretentiousness, of our current fiction. Ruthie narrates the story of how she and her younger sister lucille are raised by a succession of relatives in the fictional town of fingerbone, idaho. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading housekeeping. Housekeeping was a frightening book, and its beauty only made it more so. A when i was a child i read books essat by marilynne robinson. Though her life is challenging, lila finds herself in gilead where she is befriended and married by reverend john ames.
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