Jack /

Robinson, Marilynne, 1943-

Jack / Marilynne Robinson. - 320 pages ; 22 cm. - Gilead ; book 4. . - Robinson, Marilynne, 1943- author. Gilead ; book 4. .

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.

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Conflict of generations--Fiction.
Children of clergy--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Interracial dating--Fiction.
Families--Iowa--Fiction.


Iowa--Fiction.


Domestic fiction.
Religious fiction.

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