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The cover of Gilead is much like the light blue open plains airyness of this story. The lines hem in the lives of mentioned characters but are also thin and porous. Thin so one small young life can can move in and out of another older. Back and forth, no one life lived close to others is ever by itself.
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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Alison Clark, December 10, 2008
The cover of Gilead is much like the light blue open plains airyness of this story. The lines hem in the lives of mentioned characters but are also thin and porous. Thin so one small young life can can move in and out of another older. Back and forth, no one life lived close to others is ever by itself.(10 of 19 readers found this comment helpful)