Monday, March 5, 2012

Tuesday Teaser - Gilead

Today's Tuesday Teaser comes from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gilead by Marilynn Robinson.


We were very pious children from very pious households in a fairly pious town, and this affected our behavior considerably. Once we baptized a litter of cats.
(Page 23)


I'll admit I'm having a hard time getting into this one, but then I'm not very far into it. Here's a synopsis from Amazon:

Twenty-four years after her first novel, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. Writing in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson's beautiful, spare, and spiritual prose allows "even the faithless reader to feel the possibility of transcendent order" (Slate). In the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister John Ames, Gilead reveals the human condition and the often unbearable beauty of an ordinary life.


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21 comments:

  1. Very different! I had a chuckle at the image of someone trying to baptize a cat. My cat would kill me if I tried that! Thanks for sharing!

    Here's mine:

    http://wickedlybookish.blogspot.com/

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  2. By the way... absolutely love the title of this blog and the synopsis of the book! Sounds very fun and thoughtful.

    Let me know if you would like to arrange a review/giveaway at Wickedly Bookish.

    http://wickedlybookish.blogspot.com/

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    1. Thank you. I'm glad you like it. I'll email you soon about a review, etc.

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  3. I've had this one since it first came out. I don't know why I never pick it up. Hope it gets better for you.

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    1. It's already better. I'm more than halfway through now.

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    1. I'm enjoying the writing a lot. It's quite different from what I've been reading lately. I think I'd like to read more by this author.

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  5. Funny teaser! I loved this book! It took a while to get into the slow rhythm of it, but then it grew on me. It is really beautiful.

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    1. It's growing on me too. I'm looking forward to reading Housekeeping by the same author.

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  6. Interesting teaser! I love the last line of it about baptizing cats.

    My TT.

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    1. Great teaser, enjoy!

      http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/03/teaser-tuesday.html

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    2. I can't imagine baptizing even one cat, let alone a whole litter! That made me smile.

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  7. I've always meant to read this one, but I usually have trouble with family saga novels. Love the teaser, though!

    Here's my TT for this week: Elizabeth the Queen

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    1. It's one of those books that you have to take your time reading.

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  8. Very interesting teaser! Thanks for stopping by!

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  9. I bet that litter of cats wasn't very happy!

    Here's ours: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2012/03/tuesday-teasers-lone-wolf-and-defending.html

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    1. I'm sure those kids came away with more than a few scratches!

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  10. Oh! It sounds very interesting, Sandy. I hate when beginnings don't pull me in - I hope it gets better. Now, you'll have to let me know for sure!
    Thanks so much for stopping by the Brazen Broads today.

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  11. Interesting teaser. Hopefully you can get into the book as you read more. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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  12. The teaser is funny. Hope you are able to get into it as you read more!

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