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Available
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Publication
Picador Paper (2020), Edition: Reissue, 256 pages
Description
As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.
Awards
Women's Prize for Fiction (Longlist — 2006)
Pulitzer Prize (Winner — Fiction — 2005)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — Fiction — 2004)
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2004)
Ambassador Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 2005)
Society of Midland Authors Award (Winner — Adult Fiction — 2005)
PEN/Faulkner Award (Finalist — 2005)
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize (Fiction — 2005)
Grawemeyer Awards (Winner — Religion — 2006)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Fiction — 2004)
Christian Science Monitor Best Book (Fiction — 2004)
All Iowa Reads (2006)
Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year (Fiction — 2004)
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Original publication date
2004