Housekeeping: A Novel -

Fearing the town will separate them, Sylvie and Ruth attempt to burn down their house and cross a high railway bridge to leave Fingerbone forever, living the rest of their lives as drifters. 👥 Key Characters Housekeeping: A Novel (Fortieth Anniversary Edition)

After their grandmother dies and two elderly great-aunts prove unable to care for them, their eccentric aunt Sylvie —a transient who has lived as a drifter—returns to Fingerbone to raise them. Housekeeping: A Novel

A modern classic, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, Unabridged Books, Inc. Fearing the town will separate them, Sylvie and