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Fangirls Ahead!
Fangirls Ahead! rated it 11 years ago
It just didn't WORK for me. Don't get me wrong, they're beautiful stories, they just didn't work.
Cecily's book reviews
Cecily's book reviews rated it 12 years ago
This - or one of her others - suggested by Clare P
Elham
Elham rated it 12 years ago
این کتاب را خانم محمدی (مترجم) به من معرفی کردند. ترجمه خیلی عالی و روان بود و خیلی از ایشان سپاسگزارم که این کتاب خوب و نویسنده عالی را به من معرفی کردند.خانه مذهبی ترین داستانیست که تا به حال خوانده ام. داستان خواهر و برادری که در میانسالی به خانه برگشته اند؛ پیش پدر پیرشان که یک کشیش است. گلوری ا...
The Archaeology of Writing
The Archaeology of Writing rated it 12 years ago
In a word, epic.
The Bookchemist
The Bookchemist rated it 12 years ago
Obviously the work of an incredibly crafted author, Gilead avoids any ambition to deliver an extremely quiet and delicate reflection on life, history and religion - all, ironically, quite ambitious topics to deal with.Video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx-NlAa5pp8
SandyQ
SandyQ rated it 12 years ago
This book could be prescribed instead of sleeping pills.
Read Write Read
Read Write Read rated it 12 years ago
No doubt it's extraordinarily well-written, but it is so heavy-going. Just not enjoyable.
Ladybug's Doodles
Ladybug's Doodles rated it 12 years ago
From the Goodreads description we are told:"Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack--the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years--comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tor...
Lynn Spencer - All About Romance
Lynn Spencer - All About Romance rated it 12 years ago
I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book, but the quietly profound quality of the story moved me and I just couldn't put it down. I consider Gilead inspirational in the very best sense because it never preaches, but yet it's the kind of book that makes the reader want to examine his or ...
Ladybug's Doodles
Ladybug's Doodles rated it 12 years ago
Several essays that while I may not agree with some of them, they have made me think. :D
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