"A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself."
Louis L'Amour
by Marilynne Robinson
Set in the same time and place of Robinson's 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winner Gilead, this companion piece examines the parallel story of the dying Reverend Boughton, his dutiful daughter Glory, and prodigal son Jack. It is a beautiful novel, an elegant variation on the parable of the prodigal son's return. In giving an ancient drama of grace and perdition such a strong domestic setup, Robinson stakes a fierce claim to a divine recognition behind the rituals of home.
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