laura_eppinger 's review for:

Lila by Marilynne Robinson
5.0

Finishing this in the morning was a mistake, because I'll be crying all day. Not even a "sad" book or ending, just fiercely alive characters and some of the tenderest prose I've ever read. I feel like my skinned knees are stinging, and I'm snuggled in the wool sweater of my beloved, and I ache, ache, ache with love and regret and nostalgia and awe.