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"Home" is the second part of the Gilead trilogy. It uses Ames' old friends the Boughton family as clues to reproduce the family story of the old pastor Boughton and his two sons and daughters, who are lonely but comfort each other. Thirty-eight-year-old Glory returned to his hometown of Gilead due to a failed engagement. While taking care of his elderly father, he also took care of the declining home. Soon, his brother Jack, who had not heard from him for twenty years, unexpectedly returned home. Jack had once cast a shadow of scandal on the entire family because of his naughty and dissolute behavior, but the old Boughton never gave up waiting and forgiving the prodigal son in twenty years. The three people are under the same roof, enjoying the belated family affection, but the past full of sadness and regret is gradually swallowing them up. Unable to shake off the exhaustion of his soul, Jack bid farewell to his unbearable home, leaving Glory alone to wait. Until one day, the man Jack had been waiting for stepped onto the land of Gilead...
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