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"Home" is a reflective novel by Marilynne Robinson that revisits the town of Gilead to explore themes of family, faith, and forgiveness through the story of the Boughton household.

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instanceOf novel
author Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED
awarded Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED
National Book Award finalist NERFINISHED
Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist NERFINISHED
containsCharacter John Ames NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed by literary critics
fictionalTown Gilead NERFINISHED
genre Christian fiction
domestic fiction
literary fiction
hasISBN 9780374299101
hasSequelOrCompanion Jack NERFINISHED
Lila NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement contemporary American literature
mainCharacters Glory Boughton NERFINISHED
Jack Boughton NERFINISHED
Reverend Robert Boughton NERFINISHED
motif intergenerational conflict
racial injustice (offstage, referenced)
religious doubt
returning home
narrativePerspective third-person limited
pageCount 336
primaryNarrativeFocalCharacter Glory Boughton NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2008
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
publisherImprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover edition
relatedWork Gilead NERFINISHED
Jack NERFINISHED
Lila NERFINISHED
series Gilead novels NERFINISHED
setting Gilead, Iowa NERFINISHED
sharesUniverseWith Gilead NERFINISHED
structure character-driven narrative
subjectMatter American Midwest small-town life
Calvinist theology and predestination
pastoral ministry and clergy family life
theme faith
family
forgiveness
grace
prodigal son motif
redemption
timePeriodOfSetting 1950s
tone meditative
melancholic

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