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Good story overall but I had a hard time getting through the first half. It was a little slow to me.

haunting--that's all I can say--you can never forget this book! She deserved the Pulitzer

Kind of depressing that a family destroys each other like this, but our book club realllyyy discussed it and when we wandered, returned right away to it again with more to discuss. A must read!!

An intriguing novel of family committment and secrets.

Rewrite of King Lear. not so original.

A journey into an awakening of self. The decisions Ginnie makes as she goes beyond her usual self-inflicted boundaries are both quiet and yet momentous! She shows us how a private life and history can't always stay hidden forever and with bravery she shows how she takes control and moves forward. It's both a little dark and yet a rich tale.

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.

This is a modern re-telling of Shakespeare's King Lear. An aging farmer offers his land to his three grown daughters; two daughters accept his offer but one rejects it. This sets in motion emotional events that impact the whole family. Interesting read, even if you don't like Shakespeare. There's no Shakespeare in it, but it follows the plot of his play, "King Lear."

A good story about family and the complexities involving loyalty, land, and love.

Great story - there's a movie based on it, but the book, as usual, is better. Shows how families can come together and break apart, too.

From Publisher's Weekly:
A young American model is murdered in the corporate boardroom of Los Angeles's Nakomoto Tower on the new skyscraper's gala opening night. Murdered, that is, unless she was strangled while enjoying sadomasochistic sex that went too far. Nakomoto, a Japanese electronics giant, tries to hush up the embarrassing incident, setting in motion a murder investigation that serves Crichton ( Jurassic Park ) as the platform for a clever, tough-talking harangue on the dangers of Japanese economic competition and influence-peddling in the U.S. Divorced LAPD lieutenant Peter Smith, who has custody of his two-year-old daughter, and hard-boiled detective John Connor, who says things like "For a Japanese, consistent behavior is not possible," pursue the killer in a winding plot involving Japan's attempt to gain control of the U.S. computer industry. Although Crichton's didactic aims are often at cross-purposes with his storytelling, his entertaining, well-researched thriller cannot be easily dismissed as Japan-bashing because it raises important questions about that country's adversarial trade strategy and our inadequate response to it. He also provides a fascinating perspective on how he thinks the Japanese view Americans--as illiterate, childish, lazy people obsessed with TV, violence and aggressive litigation. 225,000 first printing; BOMC main selection.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Aging Larry Cook decides to turn over his 1000 acre Iowa farm to his three daughters, Caroline, Ginny and Rose. When Caroline is less than enthusiastic about the prospect, Larry angrily cuts her out of the deal. This sets off a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, reminiscent of King Lear, and pits father against daughter, sister against sister. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. It was also produced (1997?) as a major motion picture featuring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Colin Firth.

The cover on my book is different than this one, but it's the same book. I really enjoyed it!

didnt read it

When the aging patriarch of a rich, thriving farm in Iowa decides to retire, he offers his land to his three daughters. For Ginny and Rose, who live on the farm with their husbands, the gift makes sense-a reward for years of hard work., a callenge to make the farm even more successful. But the youngest, Caroline, a Des Moines lawyer, flatly rejects the idea, and in anger her father cuts her out-setting off an explosive series of events that will leave none of them unchanged.

Larry Cook, an aging patriarch of a thriving farm in Iowa, decides to retire- he offers his land to his three daughters. But the youngest rejects his offer, and her angry father cuts her out.

A classic story of contempory American life,A Thosand Acres strikes at the heart of what it means to be a father, a daughter, and a family.

When an aging patriarch of a rich thriving farm in Iowa decides to retire, he offers the land to his three daughters. For Ginny and Rose, who live on the farm with their husbands, the gift makes sense-a reward for years of hard work, a challenge to make the farm more successful. The youngest,Caroline, a Des Moines lawyer, reject the idea and her dad cuts her out-setting off an explosive series of events that will leave none of them unchanged.

Winner of Pulitzer Prize, NY Times bestseller

same book, different cover