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Oct 21, 2015DorisWaggoner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I loved this book almost more than its companion "Gilead," which I reread just before reading "Home." Shifting from John Ames to his best friend Rev. Boughton's children, the focus is on the return of Jack, his favorite, and his sister Glory, the family caregiver. The two men turn the parable of the Prodigal Son on its head. Boughton can't stop preaching in a nagging way, and Jack can't stop his secretive, evasive ways. I agree, the Nobel prize for literature is in order for Robinson, especially with "Lila" under her belt as well. Her gift with characters is incredible, her writing is smooth, her descriptions are clear. Do read the quotation--it gives just one example of the riches of her language. That she puts all this in the framework of mid 20th c. Iowa small town Christianity is rather beside the point. Robinson writes about the human condition better than about anybody I've ever read.