{"product_id":"book-drx8","title":"Jack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eRobinson’s slow prose is the star here, and narrator Adam Verner gives great depth of emotion to Jack’s raw suffering and ethical dilemmas...Come for the love story; stay for a couple who learn to find the beauty in broken humanity, and what grace can look like for those who love each other.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis program includes a bonus conversation with the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with \u003ci\u003eJack, \u003c\/i\u003ethe latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarilynne Robinson’s mythical world of Gilead, Iowa—the setting of her novels \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLila\u003c\/i\u003e, and now \u003ci\u003eJack\u003c\/i\u003e—and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the wonders of a sacred world. \u003ci\u003eJack\u003c\/i\u003e is Robinson’s fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead’s Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a preacher. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobinson’s Gilead novels, which have won one Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, are a vital contribution to contemporary American literature and a revelation of our national character and humanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49370122649904,"sku":"BDdrx8","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49370122682672,"sku":"40drx8","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/123137-drx8-Square.jpg?v=1734644270","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-drx8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}