Home (Gilead, #2) in Our Shared Shelf

Dec 10, 2009 Tammy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2009

I need to stop reading about thoughtful Midwesterners; as much as they are family, they make me sad.

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Sep 09, 2009 Jesica rated it it was ok

i thought this book was ok. i didn't really get into it. the characters were all so distant but maybe that's what Robinson wanted, distance. also i have issues with christianity, so those issues didn't interest me at all. it did have one shining moment, and i presume this is where the title came from,

"And then their return to the pays natal, where the same old willows swept the same ragged lawns, where the same old prairie arose and bloomed as negligence permitted. Home. What kinder place could ...more

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Oct 31, 2011 Jessica Haider rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, 1001-books, womens__prize_winners

3.5 out of 5 stars...Home was a very well written book, however it is one of those that is slow and plodding...exploring the everyday life of a family. Most (if not all) of the book is set at the home of Reverend Boughton. Boughton lives with his adult daughter Glory, who takes care if him in his old age. Glory's older brother returns home after taking off 20 years prior. Glory and Jack bond over their troubled histories and their common desire to escape hte town of Gilead. I enjoyed HOME more t ...more

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Nov 07, 2022 Robin rated it really liked it

This is a really interesting book because so little happens plot-wise, and yet Robinson creates this intensely rich emotional landscape for each character and the world of Gilead such that you get totally invested in the book even though "nothing happens" (but ok, to be clear things do actually happen) I spent the last several pages crying, which is pretty rare for me even for a sad book, because Robinson is so good at building these characters that you become attached to and are rooting for. ...more

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Sep 07, 2015 Rachel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, fiction

I liked this one even more than Gilead I think. I just wish I had read it closer together because I had forgotten some of the connections. Which is why I am immediately jumping into Lila!

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