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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 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Smiley captures the essence of such a life with stark, painful detail.
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A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley
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- Released
- 1991
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- Title
- A Thousand Acres
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jane Smiley
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 371
- ISBN10
- 0394577736
- ISBN13
- 9780394577739
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family, Contemporary Fiction, USA, Plants, Relationships, American Literature, Fun, Adapted for Film, Violence, America, Family relationships, Abuse, Herbs, Sisters, Jealousy, Sagas, Heritage, Farms, Homesteads, Tragedy, Argument, Conflicts, 1970s, Fathers and Daughters, Pulitzer Prize, Soil, Clay
- Original title
- A thousand acres
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
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- 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 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Smiley captures the essence of such a life with stark, painful detail.