Lila

Marilynne Robinson is the great American storyteller and a role model for an entire generation of female authors. In a sweeping novel cycle, she sensitively and compellingly explores the first and last questions of existence. Unmistakably like Alice Munro, and as poignant as Siri Hustvedt. Lila is an orphan taken in by a homeless woman and survival artist. As mismatched siblings, they navigate America's harsh years, marked by drought and hunger. As an adult, Lila must fend for herself until one day she unexpectedly finds shelter in the rain. And more than that – she is confronted with the care and tenderness of a man who will turn her life and everything she has known upside down. Yet in the end, happiness and salvation await, and one realizes – this is how a story could truly end.