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Short Review: I have been reluctant to read Home because it is the last of Robinson's books of fiction. And now that I have read it there are no more fiction books by Robinson to read (although she hinted last year that she is working on another). Home is my least favorite of the trilogy, although it is not by any means a bad book. It is just that the other two are among my favorite books ever.

I am not sure whether this was really the intention, but this felt like a broken retelling of the story of the prodigal son. Rev Boughton, John Ames' best friend is the father of eight children and near the end of his life. His prodigal son and oldest child, Jack, has been gone for 20 years, but comes back home. Glory, the baby, after a failed relationship has returned to the town of Gilead to care for her father and heal her own wounds.

This is not a book of action but a book about people and ideas. There is a plot but it is the beauty of the words, the insight into people and ideas, mostly theological questions and insights that are what draws me to Robinson's fiction.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/home/