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Jack, Marilynne Robinson

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Jack, Marilynne Robinson
Language
eng
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fiction
Main title
Jack
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Oclc number
1181839023
Responsibility statement
Marilynne Robinson
Series statement
Gilead
Summary
Jack tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the beloved and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister in Gilead, Iowa, a drunkard and a ne'er-do-well. In segregated St. Louis sometime after World War II, Jack falls in love with Della Miles, an African-American high school teacher, also a preacher's child, with a discriminating mind, a generous spirit, and an independent will
Target audience
adult
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