Housekeeping

By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead, Home, Lila and Jack, a modern American masterpiece by an author whose work 'defines universal truths about what it means to be human' (Barack Obama)



'A perfect novel.' David Nicholls

'Genius.' Anne Enright

'The rarest talent.' Colm Tóibín

'A marvel.' Barbara Kingsolver

'I just adore this book and have probably reread it a hundred times.' Michelle Zauner





Ruth and Lucille are orphans in the desolate lakeside town of Fingerbone: the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff. Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, their enigmatic aunt. Over time, the sisters grow up, and apart - until they must discover what it truly means to escape.



Marilynne Robinson is the author of the bestselling novels Housekeeping (winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize), Gilead (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), Home (winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction), Lila (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award) and Jack (An Oprah's Book Club Pick) and as well as nonfiction: most recently, Reading Genesis, celebrated by Barack Obama. She has honorary degrees from over a dozen universities and an American National Humanities Medal.