![]() ![]() And although Ames has borne many heavy crosses throughout his life and toiled in obscurity, he reflects on the whole of his existence with gratitude and wonder. It’s both a chronicle of the Ames family history and a meditation on the present. He decides to write a letter to his seven-year-old son, telling him everything he thinks the boy should know about life. ![]() John Ames, a Congregationalist minster living in the tiny backwater town of Gilead, Iowa, is dying. Her novel is a remarkable meditation on faith, hope, and the beauty of existence, even in the midst of suffering. In Gilead, author Marilynne Robinson turns this idea of the good life completely on its head. Life is parsed, analyzed, and evaluated through a never-ending stream of projects and checklists. We measure the worth our days by our productivity, how well we fill our social calendars, our five-year plans. ![]()
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