John Ames's Books
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No Way ReneeIn 1975, at the age of forty, Richard Raskind, a renowned eye surgeon and highly ranked amateur tennis player, ""died,"" and Renée Richards was...Read More
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Columbia Free-Times, March 13, 2013
...unabashedly religious protagonist. It was an anachronism, and like nothing else in contemporary fiction. The lead character is John Ames, a dying preacher living in the small town of Gilead, Iowa, in the mid-1950s. Ames, telling his story in the form...
NPR, December 24, 2012
...with an understanding of faith's capacity to illuminate daily life with shimmering wonder. Narrated by the Rev. John Ames of , Iowa, the book is structured as Ames' written address to his young son. Already in his 70s, Ames is afraid he doesn't have much...
Chicago Tribune, November 16, 2012
...as to exclude one half of humanity from his fullest representations. Marilynne Robinson gave us, in "Gilead's" John Ames, as rich a portrait of a man's inner life as any man now writing could paint. But men in Munro are often ciphers, automatons of...
Telegraph, November 6, 2012
...Set in a small town in Iowa in the 1950s, it is narrated by an elderly pastor named John Ames who believes he does not have long to live. He writes a letter to his son recounting his life and his grandfather's abolitionist work. The work chimes with...
Telegraph, November 6, 2012
...Set in a small town in Iowa in the 1950s, it is narrated by an elderly pastor named John Ames who believes he does not have long to live. He writes a letter to his son recounting his life and his grandfather's abolitionist work. The work chimes with...
Telegraph, November 6, 2012
...Set in a small town in Iowa in the 1950s, it is narrated by an elderly pastor named John Ames who believes he does not have long to live. He writes a letter to his son recounting his life and his grandfather's abolitionist work. The work chimes with...
seattlepi.com, October 17, 2012
...page turn. Imagine my disappointment when it never happened. Not once. All the elements are there. Our narrator, John Ames, is an elderly preacher who has a young son who he knows he will not see grow into adulthood. In anticipation of this, he has...
Charles City Press, May 10, 2013
...Banks of Charles City, Russ (Gloria) Berns of Charles City, Steve (Rita) Berns of Charles City and Jan (John) Ames of Seattle, Wash.; a daughter-in-law, Kris Kuykendall of Osage; 19 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Dorothy Adler of...
Midland Daily News, May 10, 2013
...and Tyler Whisler each had a goal and an assist and Cam Cassaday, Nolan Manser, Jimmy Lamb and John Ames all scored single goals. Brett Brillhart finished with three assists, while Colin Walters, Austen Irrer and Connor Keilitz each had one assist. ...
Midland Daily News, May 10, 2013
...and Tyler Whisler each had a goal and an assist and Cam Cassaday, Nolan Manser, Jimmy Lamb and John Ames all scored single goals. Brett Brillhart finished with three assists, while Colin Walters, Austen Irrer and Connor Keilitz each had one assist. ...
Foxboro Reporter, May 10, 2013
...508-384-3110 for information and complete listing of events and programs. Emmanuel Baptist Church 63 Rockwood Road, Norfolk Rev. John Ames Sunday: 8 and 10:45 a.m. Worship; 9:30 a.m. Christian ed. for all ages Wednesday: 7 p.m. Community Prayer...
Yahoo! Finance, May 6, 2013
...merit aid," unless the school is highly selective, said Trey Chappell, a college adviser in Scottsdale, Ariz. John Ames said the College of Saint Benedict increased his daughter's scholarship to $17,800 from $14,000—and added a $2,800 work...
Yahoo! Finance, May 6, 2013
...merit aid," unless the school is highly selective, said Trey Chappell, a college adviser in Scottsdale, Ariz. John Ames said the College of Saint Benedict increased his daughter's scholarship to $17,800 from $14,000—and added a $2,800 work...
Foxboro Reporter, May 2, 2013
...508-384-3110 for information and complete listing of events and programs. Emmanuel Baptist Church 63 Rockwood Road, Norfolk Rev. John Ames Sunday: 8 and 10:45 a.m. Worship; 9:30 a.m. Christian ed. for all ages Wednesday: 7 p.m. Community Prayer...
