Henry Award for her short story "Lily", which was published in The Atlantic Monthly. Smiley published her first novel, Barn Blind, in 1980, and won a 1985 O. From 1981 to 1996, she taught at Iowa State University. While working towards her doctorate, she also spent a year studying in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.īorn in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Capturing a transformative period through characters we come to know and love, this second volume in Jane Smiley's epic trilogy brings to life the challenges-and rewards-of family and home, even in the most turbulent of times. As the country moves into the Cold War, through the social revolutions of the '60s and '70s, and into the unprecedented wealth-for some-of the early '80s, the Langdon children have children of their own: twin boys who are best friends and vicious rivals a girl whose rebellious spirit takes her to the notorious Peoples Temple in San Francisco and a golden boy who drops out of college to fight in Vietnam-leaving behind a secret legacy. The others scatter to Washington, DC, California, and everywhere in between. But of their five children, only one will remain to work the land. Walter, their stalwart patriarch, has died unexpectedly, and his wife must try to keep their farm going. One of the Best Books of the Year: San Francisco Chronicle It's 1953, and the Langdons are at a crossroads.
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