Download or read book Gilead written by Marilynne Robinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.