The Great American Read: Day 62 Gilead

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson- I have never heard about this book.  I have never seen this book any where that I can remember.  Judging by the cover (yeah, I know) it looks like it was written within the last 20 years.  I will keep this one a mystery to myself until I get to this.  I am very bummed by how little I have been able to read in the past 2 weeks. 

I got this book from the library. 

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