{"product_id":"9780349011790-jack","title":"Jack","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Oprah's Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of the English language's great writers. Revisiting her beloved characters, \u003ci\u003eJack\u003c\/i\u003e joins \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer; \u003ci\u003eHome, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Women's Prize for Fiction and \u003ci\u003eLila\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. This is the compassionate and heart-breaking story of the wayward son, Jack Boughton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilynne Robinson is one of the greatest writers of our time' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eJack\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourth in Robinson's luminous, profound Gilead series and perhaps the best yet'\u003ci\u003e Observer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with \u003c\/i\u003eJack\u003ci\u003e, the final in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the loved and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister in Gilead, Iowa, a drunkard and a ne'er-do-well. In segregated St. Louis sometime after World War II, Jack falls in love with Della Miles, an African-American high school teacher, also a preacher's child, with a discriminating mind, a generous spirit and an independent will. Their fraught, beautiful story is one of Robinson's greatest achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39315151847521,"sku":"9780349011790","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29762908.jpg?v=1725721087","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349011790-jack","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}