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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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...
Examiner.com, September 8, 2012
...long time, yet learned something new about that friend (and the novel). Gilead tells the story of Reverend John Ames, an elderly Iowa pastor (in the town of the same name) who married late in life and writes a diary to his seven year old son about his...
Foxboro Reporter, January 17, 2013
...p.m. Junior High Youth Group. Call 508-384-3110 for information. 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 Call...
Easton MA Patch, January 16, 2013
...Easton (Unitarian Universalist) congregation has roots in Easton as old as 1840, and the current building, designed by John Ames Mitchell, was built in 1875. Now one of the oldest landmarks located in the North Easton National Historic District, and...
Easton MA Patch, January 16, 2013
...Easton (Unitarian Universalist) congregation has roots in Easton as old as 1840, and the current building, designed by John Ames Mitchell, was built in 1875. Now one of the oldest landmarks located in the North Easton National Historic District, and...
Citybizlist, January 15, 2013
...Founded in 1997, Ames Scullin O’Haire (AS0) is an independent communications agency that is equally owned by John Ames, Patrick Scullin and Tony O’Haire. Based in Atlanta, Ga., ASO offers creative, media, public relations and digital services. For...
Citybizlist, January 14, 2013
...Founded in 1997, Ames Scullin O’Haire (AS0) is an independent communications agency that is equally owned by John Ames, Patrick Scullin and Tony O’Haire. Based in Atlanta, Ga., ASO offers creative, media, public relations and digital services. For...
Foxboro Reporter, January 10, 2013
...p.m. Junior High Youth Group. Call 508-384-3110 for information. 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 Call...
Foxboro Reporter, January 4, 2013
...p.m. Junior High Youth Group. Call 508-384-3110 for information. 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 Call...
