Early Warning: A novel by Smiley, Jane

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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
ISBN
9780307700322
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307700321
ISBN-13
9780307700322
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208579301

Product Key Features

Book Title
Early Warning
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Fiction
Author
Jane Smiley
Book Series
Last Hundred Years: a Family Saga
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.6 in
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.7 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-041395
Reviews
"Opening with the 1953 funeral of patriarch Walter, Smiley follows the Langdon family introduced in Some Luck through its second and third generations . . . Smiley's narrative web snares major postwar social changes [with] nicely specific details. Each of the large cast of characters has sharply individualized traits, and they are unfailingly interesting. The surprise appearance of a hitherto unsuspected relative reminds us [that] life and love are never perfect--they simply are. Strong storytelling will keep readers looking forward to the promised third volume." -- Kirkus "Smiley has a big cast to wrangle in the second, atom-and-adultery-haunted volume of the 'Last Hundred Years' trilogy. Covering 1953 to 1986 at a clip of one year per chapter, the focus here is the Cold War and its fallout . . . Smiley keeps you reading; she is as deft as ever at conveying the ways in which a family develops." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
Bk. 2
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
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 post-World War II optimism through the darker landscape of the Cold War and the social and sexual revolutions of the 1960s and '70s, and then into the unprecedented wealth--for some--of 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 Vietnam--leaving behind a secret legacy that will send shock waves through the Langdon family into the next generation. Capturing a transformative period through richly drawn characters we come to know and care deeply for, Early Warning continues Smiley's 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 challenges--and rewards--of family and home, even in the most turbulent of times, all while showcasing a beloved writer at the height of her considerable powers.
LC Classification Number
PS3569.M39E27 2015

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