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Book Description:
The verdant pastures of a farm in Illinois have the placid charm of a landscape painting. But the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees them as the fulfillment of every wish: to win, to be honored, to be the best. Her ambition is the galvanizing force in Jane Smiley's first novel, a force that will drive a wedge between her and her family, and bring them all to tragedy.
Written with the grace and quiet beauty of her Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, A Thousand Acres, Barn Blind is a spellbinding story on the classic American themes of work, love, and duty, and the excesses we commit to achieve success.
"Chilling . . . Jane Smiley handles with skill and understanding the mercurial molasses of adolescence, and the inchoate, cumbersome love that family members feel for one another."
-- The New York Times
Written with the grace and quiet beauty of her Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, A Thousand Acres, Barn Blind is a spellbinding story on the classic American themes of work, love, and duty, and the excesses we commit to achieve success.
"Chilling . . . Jane Smiley handles with skill and understanding the mercurial molasses of adolescence, and the inchoate, cumbersome love that family members feel for one another."
-- The New York Times
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Jane Smiley's first novel focusing on a woman who is obsessed with horses.
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I did not like this book. I didn't even like any of the characters, especially the mother. Very disappointed in this book.
Danette G. from CLAREMONT, CA wrote on 2/25/2006...
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I really could not get into this book.
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Good read. Very absorbing.
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Gretchen O. from MALVERN, AR wrote on 10/12/2008...I found this book riveting. It shows what can happen to a family with an obsessive, controlling mother. The husband was not as controlled by his wife; but he did not do much to help the children, who were forced to live the life their mother missed out on. Each child was affected in a different way. Smiley puts us inside each child's head so we can experience what the situation is like for each one.
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