Smiley
Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of "A Thousand Acres "and more than ten other works of fiction, including "Good Faith, Horse Heaven, "and "Moo, "as well as a critically acclaimed biography of Charles Dickens. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of "A Thousand Acres "and more than ten other works of fiction, including "Good Faith, Horse Heaven, "and "Moo, "as well as a critically acclaimed biography of Charles Dickens. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California. "From the Trade Paperback edition." See less
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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Ten Days in the Hills
Ugh!!!
by carriej, Aug 25, 2009
I couldn't even finish this book. I normally finish all the books I read... but I just gave up on this one. It was beyond boring... I couldn't create the images in my head for each character... I ... Read More
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A Thousand Acres
Don't pass this one by
I thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish. It's a wonderful adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear set on a farm in Iowa. There a few alterations to the Bard's tale: incest, a church dinner gone ... Read More
