# In the Beauty of the Lilies

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- Book: [In the Beauty of the Lilies](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/in-the-beauty-of-the-lilies) ([In the Beauty of the Lilies.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/in-the-beauty-of-the-lilies.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-04-4991-121-1
- Pages: 576
- Published: 1997-01-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In the Beauty of the Lilies begins in 1910 and traces God’s relation to four generations of American seekers, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith...