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Gilead

In 1956, as a minister approaches the end of his life, 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robinson, Marilynne
Other Authors:	Jerome, Timothy
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Audio Renaissance, p2005.
Edition:	Unabridged.
Series:	Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead series ; 1.
Subjects:	Conflict of generations > Fiction. Reminiscing in old age > Fiction. Children of clergy > Fiction. Fathers and sons > Fiction. Grandfathers > Fiction. Clergy > Fiction. Kansas > Fiction. Christian fiction > Kansas. Domestic fiction > Kansas.
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Summary:	In 1956, as a minister approaches the end of his life, 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.
Item Description:	Compact disc.
Physical Description:	7 sound discs (9 hours.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:	1593978227
Author Notes:	Marilynne Robinson's first novel, Housekeeping, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Her other novels include Mother Country and Lila. Gilead won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award and Home won the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her nonfiction books include When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, and The Death of Adam. She was the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama. She received the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction in 2016. She has been named the winner of the Richard C Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award as part of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (Bowker Author Biography)