Gilead (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

Gilead (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

<p><b>The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel</b><br><b>A <i>New York Times </i>Top-Ten Book of 2004</b><br><b>Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction</b><br><b>A PBS Great American Read selection</b></p><p>Nearly 25 years after <i>Housekeeping</i>, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations, from the Civil War to the 20th century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. In the words of <i>Kirkus</i>, it is a novel "as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering." <i>Gilead</i> tells the story of America and will break your heart.</p>