Housekeeping: A Novel -

As Sylvie’s unconventional "housekeeping" (letting leaves accumulate inside, sleeping with her shoes on) becomes more erratic, the sisters drift apart. Lucille craves normalcy and order , eventually leaving to live with a teacher. Ruth, however, finds a deep spiritual connection to Sylvie’s transient lifestyle .

After their grandmother dies and two elderly great-aunts prove unable to care for them, their eccentric aunt Sylvie —a transient who has lived as a drifter—returns to Fingerbone to raise them. Housekeeping: A Novel

The story is narrated by , who recalls her upbringing alongside her younger sister, Lucille . Lucille . A modern classic

A modern classic, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, Unabridged Books, Inc. who grow up haphazardly