From Goodreads
In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. Ames is troubled too by his prodigal namesake, Jack Boughton, his best friend's ne'er-do-well son, who seems to be a living contradiction of everything that Ames stands for.
My thoughts
I grabbed a copy of this award winning story from my local Library. I am not entirely sure what drew me in, perhaps it was the name initially that made me think of the republic of Gilead that's mentioned in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. However, when I looked at the synopsis I soon realised that it was in no way related to the same Gilead.
I gave this a 3.5 stars or 7/10. It was written in an unusual way, as there were no chapters at all in this story and as a result you found yourself totally lost in the narrative and I don't mean lost in a bad way.
This is a story that is quite hard to review in some ways, it's quite heavily influenced by religion as the main character is a Reverend. As he is getting to the latter years of his life he decides to write a letter to his son and that forms the basis of the story as we are told about his life through the letter.
I am glad that I chose the book and can thoroughly recommend it to readers who enjoy literary style reads.
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