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Returning to Gilead to care for her dying father, Glory Boughton is joined by her long-absent brother, with whom she bonds throughout his struggles with alcoholism, unemployment, and their father's traditionalist values.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Marilynne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Picador, [2020]
Edition:Picador paperback reissue.
Subjects:
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Conflict of generations > Fiction.
Children of clergy > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Iowa > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Christian fiction.
Description
Summary:Returning to Gilead to care for her dying father, Glory Boughton is joined by her long-absent brother, with whom she bonds throughout his struggles with alcoholism, unemployment, and their father's traditionalist values.
Physical Description:325 pages ; 21 cm
Awards:Orange Prize for Fiction, 2009.
ISBN:9781250784025
1250784026