Robinson, Marilynne

Gilead / Marilynne Robinson. - Toronto : Harper Perennial ; 2004. - 247 p. : cov. ill. ; 21 cm.

"As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets." (Book Cover)

9780006393832 (pbk)


Conflict of generations--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Children of clergy--Fiction.
Grandfathers--Fiction.


Kansas--Fiction.