Saturday, February 28, 2015

Lila

Fiction by Marilynne Robinson.


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This is the story of a girl who grew up homeless before and during the Depression era (back when people weren't called "homeless," but rather "hobos" or "bums") with a woman who loved her but wasn't her mother. With this upbringing, Lila is almost a wild thing, having never really been tamed to live indoors. One day, however, loneliness drives her to tie herself to a life in a house.

Intertwined with the story of Lila are a lot of unanswerable questions about human suffering and isolation. This is not a light story, although it is a short book. It gives you something to think about.


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