Lila is left out on the stoop, crying, alone when the intrepid Doll snatches her; they are on the run, her childhood spent with other itinerants; until one life changing day she wanders into Gilead's church where Reverend Ames, twice her age, is conducting the service. Theirs is a deceptively simple story, told in haunting, elegant prose which poses age-old complexities: does life have meaning? what is love? is another person ever knowable and God - can He really be there?
Ed's note: Lila is the third book in a trilogy. The other two are Gilead (bwl 53) and Home (bwl 52)
(Jenny Baker - bwl 81 Summer 2016 ) |
