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A thousand acres / Jane Smiley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ivy Books Fiction | An Ivy BookPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 1991.Edition: 1st Domestic Ballantine Books mass market edDescription: 405 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780804115766
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • CPB Box no. 1336 vol. 15
Summary: 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.
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Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991.

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.

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