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This beautiful First Canadian Edition is in near-fine condition, with no marks. The pages are tight, and the book is square, firmly bound, and unmarked. The dust jacket is also near-fine, brown cloth boards and bright gilt lettering on the spine.

This beautiful softcover edition is in near fine condition, with no marks or tears and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight, unmarked, and the book is tight, square, and unmarked. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping (1980) is a beautifully written debut novel that explores themes of loss, isolation, family, and belonging. It tells the story of two sisters, Ruth and Lucille, who are raised in the small, desolate town of Fingerbone. Eventually, their transient and unconventional Aunt Sylvie takes over their care, leading to a quiet but profound conflict between traditional domesticity and a life of drifting solitude. The novel is deeply personal, Marilynne Robinson’s own background shaped the novel’s setting and its meditative, poetic prose. It speaks to feelings of displacement, the tension between stability and freedom, and the longing for connection that many people experience.

This well-preserved first printing is in good condition. The pages are tight, unmarked, and the book is tight and firm. However, there is a stamp on the page preceding the title page. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping (1980) is a beautifully written novel that explores themes of loss, isolation, family, and belonging. It tells the story of two sisters, Ruth and Lucille, who are raised in the small, desolate town of Fingerbone. Eventually, their transient and unconventional Aunt Sylvie takes over their care, leading to a quiet but profound conflict between traditional domesticity and a life of drifting solitude. The novel is deeply personal, both in its themes and in the way it resonates with readers. Marilynne Robinson’s own background shaped the novel’s setting and its meditative, poetic prose. It speaks to feelings of displacement, the tension between stability and freedom, and the longing for connection that many people experience.

This beautiful hardcover is in new condition, with crisp, tight pages that appear unread. The book is square, unmarked, and firmly bound, with purple cloth boards and bright silver lettering on the spine. The dust jacket is clean and unmarked. Jack, published in 2020, is the fourth novel in Marilynne Robinson’s acclaimed Gilead series, following Gilead (2004), Home (2008), and Lila (2014). While the earlier novels explore faith, family, and redemption through other perspectives, Jack turns inward to examine the complex inner life of Jack Boughton.

This beautiful first Canadian edition is in fine condition—tight, square, and unmarked, with clean, crisp pages. The dust jacket is unblemished, and the brown cloth boards feature bright gilt lettering along the spine. Set in Gilead, Iowa, Home follows the Boughton family, centering on Glory Boughton, who returns in her late thirties to care for her aging father, Reverend Robert Boughton. When her estranged brother Jack reappears after years away, the family is drawn into a quiet struggle for grace and forgiveness. Widely acclaimed, Home is a moving exploration of human fallibility and the yearning for redemption, rendered with Marilynne Robinson’s signature depth and quiet beauty.

This like-new hardcover edition is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and appear unread, the book is tight, square, and unmarked. The dust jacket is unmarked, beige cloth boards, and bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel told through the reflections of Reverend John Ames, a Congregationalist minister in 1950s Gilead, Iowa. As he writes to his young son, Ames recalls his grandfather—a radical abolitionist preacher and Civil War veteran—exploring themes of memory, moral inheritance, and the war’s enduring impact on American life.