Bingo: Home I had come across Housekeeping on almost every “100 books you must read before you die” list, but, like a teenager, I am immediately put off when a book is included on a list like that. (I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that way.) So it wasn’t until a very good friend of mine mentioned it was one of her favorite novels that I decided to pick it up. Ruth and Lucille are young sisters living in the small lakeside town of Fingerbone. […]
Ah, the difficulties of shrugging off expectations
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson