{"product_id":"jack-an-oprah-s-book-club-pick","title":"Jack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/gilead-an-oprah-s-book-club-pick?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=gilead\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGilead\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003ewith Jack, the final in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Jack tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the loved and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister in Gilead, Iowa, a drunkard and a ne'er-do-well. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn segregated St. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLouis sometime after World War II, Jack falls in love with Della Miles, an African-American high school teacher, also a preacher's child, with a discriminating mind, a generous spirit and an independent will. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir fraught, beautiful story is one of Robinson's greatest achievements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marilynne Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40327686029474,"sku":"9780349011790","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-08-29T163918.665.png?v=1693323569","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/jack-an-oprah-s-book-club-pick","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}