'Some Luck' From the "Last Hundred Years" series, volume 1, by Jane Smiley
"An expansive, episodic tale showing this generally flinty author in a mellow mood: surprising, but engaging."
Smiley (<em>Private Life</em>, 2010, etc.) follows an Iowa farm family through the thick of the 20th century.
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