{"product_id":"housekeeping-by-marilynne-robinson","title":"'Housekeeping' by Marilynne Robinson","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"11\" data-end=\"403\"\u003eMarilynne Robinson’s quietly luminous first novel, set in the remote lake town of Fingerbone in the American Northwest.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"11\" data-end=\"403\"\u003eThe story follows sisters Ruth and Lucille as they drift through a childhood. First raised by relatives and then by their eccentric aunt Sylvie, whose unsettled way of living gradually unsettles the fragile order of the household itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"664\"\u003eRobinson’s prose moves with unusual stillness and clarity, attentive to landscape, weather, and the fragile architectures of family life. Beneath its spare surface the novel meditates on transience, belonging, and the boundary between care and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"906\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eSince its publication in 1980, \u003cem data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"711\"\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e has become a modern American classic: a remarkable meditation, full of atmosphere and perception, showing that domestic life is never simple, and is far stranger, lonelier, and transcendent than we give much thought to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174217412691,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/ScholarsCreatingDigitalMapsofSpinoza_sEthics-2026-03-08T123733.493.png?v=1772934020","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/housekeeping-by-marilynne-robinson","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}