description: On a prospering Iowa farm in the 1970s, wealthy farmer Lawrence Cook announces his intentions to divide the farm among his daughters, setting off a family crisis reminiscent of Shakespeare's King Lear..
language: English
title: A Thousand Acres
titlecomplete: A Thousand Acres
characters: Larry Cook, Jess Clark, Ginny Cook-Smith, Caroline Cook, Peter Lewis, Ty Smith, Rose Cook-Lewis
genres: Fiction, Family, American, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 67356
places: Zebulon County (fictional), Iowa, The United States of America, Iowa
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: Simon & Schuster Audio