About the book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes the first volume of an epic trilogy that takes us on a literary adventure through cycles of birth and death, passion and betrayal that will span a century in America.
“Intimate.... Miraculous.... Staggering.... A masterpiece in the making.” —USA Today
1920, Denby, Iowa: Rosanna and Walter Langdon have just welcomed their firstborn son, Frank, into their family farm. He will be the oldest of five.
Each chapter in this extraordinary novel covers a single year, encompassing the sweep of history as the Langdons abide by time-honored values and pass them on to their children. With the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change through the early 1950s, we watch as the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis. Later still, a girl we’d seen growing up now has a little girl of her own.
Editions of Some Luck
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780307744807
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780307700315
- EBook
- ISBN 9780385350396
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780804194112
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780804194136
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780804194129
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780804194105
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes the first volume of an epic trilogy that takes us on a literary adventure through cycles of birth and death, passion and betrayal that will span a century in America.
“Intimate.... Miraculous.... Staggering.... A masterpiece in the making.” —USA Today
1920, Denby, Iowa: Rosanna and Walter Langdon have just welcomed their firstborn son, Frank, into their family farm. He will be the oldest of five.
Each chapter in this extraordinary novel covers a single year, encompassing the sweep of history as the Langdons abide by time-honored values and pass them on to their children. With the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change through the early 1950s, we watch as the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis. Later still, a girl we’d seen growing up now has a little girl of her own.
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What is Some Luck about?
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes the first volume of an epic trilogy that takes us on a literary adventure through cycles of birth and death, passion and betrayal that will span a century in America.
“Intimate.... Miraculous.... Staggering.... A masterpiece in the making.” —USA Today
1920, Denby, Iowa: Rosanna and Walter Langdon have just welcomed their firstborn son, Frank, into their family farm. He will be the oldest of five.
Each chapter in this extraordinary novel covers a single year, encompassing the sweep of history as the Langdons abide by time-honored values and pass them on to their children. With the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change through the early 1950s, we watch as the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis. Later still, a girl we’d seen growing up now has a little girl of her own.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Some Luck?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Some Luck?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780307744807
Is Some Luck part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Some Luck?
Jane Smiley
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Some Luck is available as paperback(ISBN 9780307744807) and altformat(ISBN 9780307700315) and ebook(ISBN 9780385350396) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780804194112) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780804194136) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780804194129) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780804194105)
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