Lila

In 2004, Marilynne Robinson, a legendary teacher at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, returned to novels after a 24-year hiatus and published “Gilead,” which won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award and a spot on best-of-the-year lists everywhere. It’s hard to imagine those accolades mea......more

"Doll may have been the loneliest woman in the world, and she was the loneliest child, and there they were, the two of them together, keeping each other warm in the rain." Lila understands what it means to be lonely. She knows what it means to connect with another human soul to overcome that utter lo......more

This is my third read of Marilynne Robinson and as always a wonderful one. I inadvertently skipped the 2nd volume of the Gilead trilogy (I'll read Home soon) because the American Library had Lola on the shelf. Sort of a deep dive into the Reverend Ames' wife introduced in Gilead, Lila's story is one......more

4.5 stars: Marilynne Robinson is one of my favorite writers. I LOVED Gilead. I loved the story idea, the novel, the writing, and the messages. In “Lila” Robinson continues her outstanding writing capacity. Robinson is my favorite theologian. Her writing style reflects a person deep in thought over b......more