NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. First edition, first printing with complete number line starting with 1. Signed by Marilynne Robinson on the title page. This unread book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gilead" and "Home," "Lila" is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence. The novel focuses on the courtship and marriage of Lila and John Ames, as well as the backstory of Lila's transient past and her complex attachments.
Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church - the only available shelter from the rain - and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her newfound security.
Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble 2024 childhood. Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a ragged blade to protect them. Despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, their shared life was laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves.
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Product code: SIGNED, Lila, Marilynne Robinson, Signed 2024 on the title page, First Edition, First Printing, 2014