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Housekeepingby Marilynne RobinsonSeptember 14, 2011 A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is set on the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck, and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. Ruth and Lucille’s struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transience. |
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Dr. David Howell currently holds the Pieper Family Endowed Chair for Servant-Leadership. He is also an associate professor in the General Studies Department. He teaches courses in literature, technical communication, and research methods. He received an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and an individual interdisciplinary Ph.D. from Washington State University. Howell’s writing has appeared in a wide variety of publications including Seven Hundred Kisses and Pillow: Exploring the Heart of Eros, and he published a poetry chapbook titled In Sixteen Hands of Shadow.
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