Lila
Record details
- ISBN: 0374187614 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780374187613 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
261 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
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Genre: | Psychological fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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Summary:
Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small town Iowa church - the only available shelter from the rain - and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister and widower, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the days that preceded her newfound security. Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood of itinerant work. Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a ragged blade to protect them. Despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, the times they shared were laced with joy. After Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to harmonize the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband, who paradoxically judges those she loves.