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Book Review of A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
Author: Jane Smiley
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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When the aging patriach of a rich, thriving farm in Iowa decides to retire, he offers his land to his three daughters. For Ginny and Rose, who live on the farm with their husbands, the gift makes sense-a reward for years of hard work, a challenge to make the farm even more successful. but the youngest, Caroline, a Des Moines lawyer, flatly rejects the idea, and in anger her father cuts her out-setting off an explosive series of events that will leave none of them unchanged