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A HarperCollins Canada first Canadian edition, first printing hardcover in fine condition. Boards are clean, bright, and like-new throughout, with absolutely no wear to the spine, corners, or edges. Dust jacket is bright, crisp, and undamaged, fine in all respects with no tears, chips, fading, or soiling. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. A pristine, essentially unread copy in fine condition throughout. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, in 2008, this first Canadian edition, first printing hardcover of Home is the first printing of the Canadian edition of one of the most celebrated American novels of the decade. Winner of the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction (now the Women's Prize for Fiction) and the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Award, Home is the third novel in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead cycle — companion to Gilead (2004), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Narrated by Glory Boughton, youngest daughter of the ailing Reverend Robert Boughton, the novel unfolds alongside the events of Gilead as Glory and her prodigal brother Jack return to their childhood home in Iowa, each carrying the weight of lives that have not gone as hoped. A novel of extraordinary stillness, moral precision, and compassion, written by one of the finest prose stylists in contemporary American fiction. Martin Scorsese has announced plans to adapt the novel as a feature film.

This beautiful first printing softcover edition is in fine condition. The pages are tight and unmarked, and the book retains its original crispness throughout. This copy is available to international customers through AbeBooks.com, as Kathrin’s Books currently ships within Canada only.

This beautiful first printing softcover edition is in fine condition. The pages are tight and appear unread, with some notes on the endpage. The book remains square, clean, and well preserved. 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. The novel is a moving exploration of human fallibility and the longing for redemption, rendered with Marilynne Robinson’s characteristic depth and quiet beauty.

This beautiful softcover edition is in near fine condition, with no marks or tears and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight and unmarked, and the book is square, clean, and well-preserved.

This beautiful softcover edition is in fine condition, with no marks or tears and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight, unmarked, and the book is tight, square, and well preserved.

This beautiful hardcover edition is in fine condition, with no marks. The pages are crisp and appear unread, and the book remains tight, square, and unmarked. The dust jacket is clean and unmarked, with blue cloth boards and gilt lettering along the spine. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, published in 2008, is a historical novel inspired by the true story of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Jewish manuscript that survived centuries of conflict. The story follows Hanna Heath, an Australian rare book conservator, who is called to restore the Haggadah after it resurfaces in war-torn Bosnia during the 1990s. The narrative alternates between Hanna’s present-day investigation and a series of historical vignettes that trace the Haggadah’s journey backward through time, revealing the lives of those who protected it. Richly layered and deeply researched, People of the Book blends literary fiction with historical intrigue. Brooks, a former journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2006 for her novel March.