![]() ![]() ![]() Here, they are raised by their aunt Sylvie who is as intriguing as she beyond the reach of her nieces (and, indeed, the reader!). Ruth, our narrator, and her sister, Lucille, are orphans whose tragic past has brought them to Fingerbone, a desolate town ‘chastened… by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere’. Once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. At its core, the book is a compassionate and beautifully-written meditation on solitude and the idiosyncrasies of domestic life. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson won’t cure loneliness, but it’s the perfect read in which to find solace amid these unusual circumstances. Regardless, the experience of being confined to your household and cut off from the outside world is a lonely one. Perhaps you are in the company of a partner, roommates, a clan of kids perhaps you are entirely by yourself. It means something different to each of us. ![]()
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