num_pages: 371
description: Ageing 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 cut-throat lenders. In this winner of the US 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Smiley captures the essence of such a life with stark, painful detail. --Amazon.com
language: English
title: A Thousand Acres
titlecomplete: A Thousand Acres
characters: Caroline Cook, Ty Smith, Peter Lewis, Jess Clark, Ginny Cook-Smith, Larry Cook, Rose Cook-Lewis
genres: Classics, American, Adult Fiction, Novels, Family, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 67338
places: Iowa, Zebulon County (fictional), Iowa, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Flamingo