A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394577736
- ISBN 13
- 9780394577739
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Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Very Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
Synopsis
A Thousand Acres is a 1991 novel by American author Jane Smiley. It won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name. The novel is a contemporary deconstruction of Shakespeare's King Lear and is set on a thousand acre (4 km²) farm in Iowa that is owned by a family of a father and his three daughters. It is told through the point of view of the oldest daughter, Ginny.
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- Bookseller
- More Than Words Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOS-W-12a-00894
- Title
- A Thousand Acres
- Author
- Jane Smiley
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394577736
- ISBN 13
- 9780394577739
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1991
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More Than Words empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. MTW believes that when system-involved youth are challenged with authentic and increasing responsibilities in a business setting, and are given high expectations and a culture of support, they can and will address personal barriers to success, create concrete action plans for their lives, and become contributing members of society. More Than Words began as an online bookselling training program for youth in DCF custody in 2004 and opened its vibrant bookstore on Moody St in Waltham in 2005 and added its Starbucks coffee bar in 2008. MTW replicated its model in the South End of Boston in 2011, thereby doubling the number of youth served annually.