Tamedteens: Lila

: Lila grows up in the fields, learning that the world is a place of endless work and constant movement.

Marilynne Robinson’s Lila is actually part of a four-book series that looks at the same town and characters from different angles. lila tamedteens

: Eventually, the group scatters and Doll disappears, leaving Lila alone and deeply wary of others. A New Chapter in Gilead : Lila grows up in the fields, learning

: Despite their massive age gap and different backgrounds, they begin a quiet, tentative courtship. A New Chapter in Gilead : Despite their

Lila eventually wanders into the town of Gilead, seeking shelter from a rainstorm in an old church. There, she meets the elderly Reverend John Ames.

: Doll takes Lila away from her neglectful family, living a fugitive life on the road.

: The "ghosts" of her past—the hunger, the dirt, and Doll’s fierce love—are more real to her than the quiet life in the parsonage.