Published: 2008, virago Genre: fiction Themes: family, faith, theology, love, old age, approach of death My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤❤ Home is the second in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead quartet of novels, and this time we see the family stories unfold from the perspective of the Reverend Boughton. Boughton is a close friend of the Reverend John Ames whose story was told in the first book (see link below) and their lives have been interlinked since they were boys. This second book is slightly longer than the first, and not written as a memoir in letter form so this allows the narration to dig deeper into how events unfolded and examine the emotional impact on various members of the family. As the story begins, Boughton is a widower in his old age and his daughter Glory has recently come home to help care for him after her own marriage failed. All the other children have long since left home to set up their own homes, and all are leading productive lives ...