Description
ISBN: 0394577736
Title: A Thousand Acres
Author: Smiley, Jane
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1991
Edition: First Edition. Fourth Printing.
Book Condition: VG
D-j Condition: NF
Comments: D-j lightly soiled on back and has a rub on front.
Synopsis: 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.
