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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 2014
On Sale: October 7, 2014
272 pages
ISBN: 0374187614
EAN: 9780374187613
Kindle: B00J6U7K62
Hardcover / e-Book
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Women's Fiction
A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize–winning
author of Gilead and Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our
time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable
story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear,
awe, and wonder. Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the
countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church—the only
available shelter from the rain—and ignites a romance and a
debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a
minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying
to make sense of the life that preceded her new found security. Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny
young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble
childhood. Together they crafted a life on the run, living
hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a
ragged blade to protect them. Despite bouts of petty
violence and moments of desperation, their shared life was
laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the
life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with
the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which
paradoxically judges those she loves.
Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson’s
Pulitzer Prize–winning Gilead and Home, a National Book
Award finalist, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries
of existence that is destined to become an American classic.
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