The simpleness in which this story was told reminded me of watching the Walton's on tv.
If you take away the technical challenge of filming the same actors over twelve years on an indie film's budget, what you have is a simple narrative structure--one child's life, told in quotidian moments, one year at a time. Should have joined a month ago. Some Luck is the first entry in a trilogy that follows an Iowa family from 1920 to 2019, one year per chapter. But this wasn't because I was enjoying it so much; I was simply desperate to get it out of the way and move onto something else.
The story starts in 1920 and everything we learn of a historical context we learn from the effect it had on the family and their community, such as the great depression, droughts when they had to fight to keep their farm going.Jane Smiley is a natural born storyteller and she writes characters that are so relatable.
Some Luck is the first entry in a trilogy that follows an Iowa family from 1920 to 2019, one year per chapter. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Each year, one or two of the characters are given the opportunity to share a snapshot of what they are feeling.
The first volume in a trilogy that will follow 100 years in the life of the Langdon family of Denby, Iowa, we follow them now from 1920 to 1953. Following the members of one farm family, who end up scattered across the country, Smiley's characters leap off the page.
. Some Luck: A novel (The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga Book 1) - Kindle edition by Smiley, Jane. It is not even possible to create a spoiler for My whole book club was bored with it. It was longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award.
And so you see a young mother who still dresses up for the drive to town, a bachelor farmer painstakingly devoted to his corn, a restlessSmiley's return to the Iowa farm is a fantastic multi-decade, multi-generational saga through the tumultuous early 20th century. She should have sat down—Joe, who was sitting beside her, moved her chair in a bit—but she didn’t want to sit down, or eat, at all (what with tasting everything she wasn’t hungry) she just wanted to stand there and look at them as they passed the two gravy boats and began to cut their food. I was a fan of Smiley's I hate to say it, but this book was a disappointment. The Langdons are such a regular family, raising their children and farming their land in Iowa. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? I hate to say it, but this book was a disappointment. This novel is an American marvel, as good as it gets, perfect. I'm sure this will not be my last . If your looking for a family saga you can just wrap yourself up in I would strongly recommend moving this of the top of your To Read List. Some Luck delivers on everything we look for in a work of fiction. Jul 07, 2015 | ISBN 9780307744807 Take your pick—the birth of Henry in that room over there, with the wind howling and the dirt blowing in and her barely able to find a rag to wipe the baby’s mouth and nose.
Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize: a powerful, engrossing new novel—the life and times of a remarkable family over three transformative decades in America. More surprising were the number of pages where almost literally nothing happened, which were given to the description of, say, crop rotation or horse breeding.
She looked at Walter, who was so far away from her, all the way at the other end of the table, having a laugh with Andrea, who had a beautiful suit on, navy blue with a tiny waist and white collar and cuffs. A reason is its own reward, but an excuse leads to disappointment every time.” . The first of Jane Smiley’s family saga trilogy, there’s one chapter for each year from 1920 to 1953, taking the story through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, WWII, and the early days of the Cold War. Maybe if you grew up on a farm in America this might interest you for its period detail and painstaking stocktaking of the hardships of farm life but I’m afraid it was of little interest to me. (Some Luck ends in 1953.
Jane Smiley is a natural born storyteller and she writes characters that are so relatable. Smiley's return to the Iowa farm is a fantastic multi-decade, multi-generational saga through the tumultuous early 20th century. i kept waiting for an i have no idea what i just read it and why i read it. I loved each of the characters and am so glad that I get to continue their journey in the next novel. )Life from 1920 through 1953: in Some Luck, Jane Smiley has given us a multi-generational look at farm life, the life of the United States, and in some ways the world, during those decades of change.Life from 1920 through 1953: in Some Luck, Jane Smiley has given us a multi-generational look at farm life, the life of the United States, and in some ways the world, during those decades of change.When I began this I was not sure how I was going to like the format but I am so glad that I stuck with it. This books falls into that latter situation.What happened, Jane? We are experiencing technical difficulties. Very good read and definitely in for the next ~35 years.To my surprise, I absolutely loved the slower, more meditative first half of the book. Of course, lots of things happened, but there was no plot. The characters don't seem to have any feelings much.“The farm was the source of all good thing, and what you couldn’t grow or make there, you didn’t need.”“The farm was the source of all good thing, and what you couldn’t grow or make there, you didn’t need.”Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.“She could not have created this moment, these lovely faces, these candles flickering, the flash of the silverware, the fragrances of the food hanging over the table, the heads turning this way and that, the voices murmuring and laughing. : I got up 6, looked out the window, got a sweater out, walked downstairs,drank a cup of coffee, etc.