{"product_id":"housekeeping-a-novel-fortieth-anniversary-edition-marilynne-robinson-paperback","title":"Housekeeping: A Novel (Fortieth Anniversary Edition) -- Marilynne Robinson, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pen\/Hemingway Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern classic, Marilynne Robinson's \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transcience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilynne Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250769763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARILYNNE ROBINSON\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e and the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eMother Country\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Adam\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marilynne Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49611156259044,"sku":"9781250769763","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781250769763.jpg?v=1786176105","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/housekeeping-a-novel-fortieth-anniversary-edition-marilynne-robinson-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}