A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A NEW YORK TIMESE NOTABLE BOOK - WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ' Robinson's] prose is our flight out, a keen instrument of vision and transcendence.' --O, the Oprah Magazine Hailed as 'incandescent,' 'magnificent,' and 'a literary miracle' (Entertainment Weekly), hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled by Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. Now Robinson returns with a brilliantly imagined retelling of the prodigal son parable, set at the same moment and in the same Iowa town as Gilead. A luminous and healing book about families, family secrets, and faith from one of America's most beloved and acclaimed authors. The Reverend Boughton's hell-raising son, Jack, has come home after twenty years away. Artful and devious in his youth, now an alcoholic carrying