Jane Smiley
JANE SMILEY is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck , Early Warning , and Golden Age . She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.
JANE SMILEY is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck , Early Warning , and Golden Age . She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California. See less
Jane Smiley's Featured Books
Jane Smiley book reviews
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A Thousand Acres
Family dynamics
Smiley hit the nail on the head with dysfunctional familly dynamics. Her characters are true to life and reveal the disparity between performance for appearance sake and what goes on in secret. The ... Read More
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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
Disappointing
by nutkin, Apr 26, 2007
It started with promise, but seemed to go nowhere. Too wordy, not enough action to keep my interest. I didn't finish it. I've not read any of the author's other works -- perhaps this was not the ... Read More
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Horse Heaven
Home on the Farm
I have now purchased three copies of this book?the one I read when it was published, another for a friend who works in the racing biz, and a third for myself to replace the first one, which I must ... Read More
