Book
Early warning / Jane Smiley.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307700322 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 475 pages : genealogical tables ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Rural families > Iowa > Fiction. Social change > United States > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Smile | 31681002502797 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Follows the Langdon family from the author's best-selling novel Some Luck as they navigate the ups and downs of mid-century America. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres. - Baker & Taylor
Follows the Langdon family after the sudden death of their patriarch, Walter, as the five Langdon children, now adults, navigate the Cold War years of the 1950s and the social revolution of the '60s and '70s. - Random House, Inc.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winner: the second installment, following Some Luck, of her widely acclaimed, best-selling American trilogy, which brings the journey of a remarkable family with roots in the Iowa heartland into mid-century America
Early Warning opens in 1953 with the Langdon family at a crossroads. Their stalwart patriarch, Walter, who with his wife, Rosanna, sustained their farm for three decades, has suddenly died, leaving their five children, now adults, looking to the future. Only one will remain in Iowa to work the land, while the others scatter to Washington, D.C., California, and everywhere in between.
As the country moves out of postâWorld War II optimism through the darker landscape of the Cold War and the social and sexual revolutions of the 1960s and â70s, and then into the unprecedented wealthâfor someâof the early 1980s, the Langdon children each follow a different path in a rapidly changing world. And they now 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 Vietnamâleaving behind a secret legacy that will send shock waves through the Langdon family into the next generation.Â
Capturing a transformative period through richly drawn characters we come to know and care deeply for, Early Warning continues Smileyâs extraordinary epic trilogy, a gorgeously told saga that began with Some Luck and will span a century in America. But it also stands entirely on its own as an engrossing story of the challengesâand rewardsâof family and home, even in the most turbulent of times, all while showcasing a beloved writer at the height of her considerable powers.
