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Jack / Marilynne Robinson.

Summary:

Tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a minister. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374279301
  • ISBN: 0374279306
  • Physical Description: 309 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Prequel to: Gilead
Series information from www.goodreads.com.
Subject: Conflict of generations > Fiction.
Children of clergy > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Interracial dating > Fiction.
Iowa > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Genre: Christian fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Religious fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Coudersport Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Coudersport Public Library FIC ROB (Text) 30183000951143 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: Tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a minister. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now.

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