Book Overview
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes the first volume of an epic trilogy that takes us on a literary adventure through cycles of birth and death, passion and betrayal that will span a century in America. "Intimate.... Miraculous.... Staggering.... A masterpiece in the making." --USA Today 1920, Denby, Iowa: Rosanna and Walter Langdon have just welcomed their firstborn son, Frank, into their family farm. He will be the oldest of five. Each chapter in this extraordinary novel covers a single year, encompassing the sweep of history as the Langdons abide by time-honored values and pass them on to their children. With the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change through the early 1950s, we watch as the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis. Later still, a girl we'd seen growing up now has a little girl of her own.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0307744809
ISBN13:9780307744807
Release Date:July 2015
Publisher:Anchor Books
Length:416 Pages
Weight:0.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.1" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Such an interesting Family Saga
Published by Karin W , 4 years ago
This book follows a family through generations. It is regular life with ups and downs living in America. I feel that I got to know them, I have favorites and I mourn them when they are gone. Good writing, a book I like to come home to, to find out what happens next.
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