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First book in a trilogy about an American family

Some Luck: A novel

By: Jane Smiley

Rating: 3.5 of 5

someluck“Some Luck” is the story of an American family over a period of 33 years, beginning in 1920 and finishing in 1953. It is the first of a trilogy about the family. Walter and Rosanna are the parents of a young baby boy, named Frank, when the story begins. The story is told from the perspective of each of the members of the family (even Frank as a six month old.) As the story goes along, the individuals who tell the story (in third person) are: Walter, Rosanna and their children: Frank, Joe, Mary Elizabeth, Lillian, Henry, and Claire. The family farm the land that Walter bought in his early twenties. We hear the history of their family along with the social and world events that were occurring during that time period.

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