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A Thousand Acres: A Novel
by Jane Smiley | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1400033837 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1400033837 Global Overview for this book
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by trekwoman from -- Somewhere In The State --, California USA on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Paperback.
Library Journal--
This important new novel by the author of Ordinary Love and Good Will ( LJ 9/15/89) and The Greenlanders ( LJ 4/15/88) is, first of all, a farm novel. Smiley lovingly creates an idyllic world of family farm life in Iowa in 1979: the neat yard, freshly painted house, clean clothes on the line, and fertile, well-tended fields. The owner of these well-managed acres is Larry Cook, who abruptly decides to turn the farm over to his two eldest daughters and their husbands. Ginny and Ty are hard-working farmers who try to placate her ornery father, while sister Rose and hard-drinking Pete try to stand up to him. Dark secrets surface after the property transfer, and the family's careful world unravels with a grim inevitability reminiscent of Smiley's splendid novella Good Will . Not to be missed. BOMC main selection.-- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.
Library Journal--
This important new novel by the author of Ordinary Love and Good Will ( LJ 9/15/89) and The Greenlanders ( LJ 4/15/88) is, first of all, a farm novel. Smiley lovingly creates an idyllic world of family farm life in Iowa in 1979: the neat yard, freshly painted house, clean clothes on the line, and fertile, well-tended fields. The owner of these well-managed acres is Larry Cook, who abruptly decides to turn the farm over to his two eldest daughters and their husbands. Ginny and Ty are hard-working farmers who try to placate her ornery father, while sister Rose and hard-drinking Pete try to stand up to him. Dark secrets surface after the property transfer, and the family's careful world unravels with a grim inevitability reminiscent of Smiley's splendid novella Good Will . Not to be missed. BOMC main selection.-- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.
Journal Entry 2 by trekwoman from -- Somewhere In The State --, California USA on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Skimmed it rather than read it. Found a lot of similarities to my own family, and not much desire to see how it all played out for these characters. Guessed it would end badly for some and untidily for the rest. Isn't that usually how these types of things tend to go?
Reserved for the Every One's a (Prize) Winner box.
Reserved for the Every One's a (Prize) Winner box.
Journal Entry 3 by trekwoman at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (6/4/2008 UTC) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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{BB} Mailed off in the Every One's a (Prize) Winner book box.
{BB} Mailed off in the Every One's a (Prize) Winner book box.
Journal Entry 4 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Sunday, July 20, 2008
Removed from the Every One's a (Prize) Winner book box. Thank you.
