A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres (Flamingo Originals) Jane Smiley,
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0006544827
DDC: 813
Edition: Paperback; 1992-10-08
Summary:
Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre
farm--one of the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa--to his three
daughters, Caroline, Ginny and Rose. A man of harsh sensibilities, he
carves Caroline out of the deal because she has the nerve to be less
than enthusiastic about her father's generosity. While Larry Cook
deteriorates into a pathetic drunk, his daughters are left to cope
with the often grim realities of life on a family farm--from
battering husbands to cutthroat lenders. In this winner of the 1991
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Smiley captures the
essence of such a life with stark, painful detail.
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