Some Luck

Each chapter in Some Luck covers a single year, beginning in 1920, as American soldiers like Walter return home from Wor... (more)

Each chapter in Some Luck covers a single year, beginning in 1920, as American soldiers like Walter return home from World War I, and going up through the early 1950s, with the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change. As the Langdons branch out from Iowa to both coasts of America, the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis; later still, a girl you{u2019}d seen growing up now has a little girl of her own, and you discover that your laughter and your admiration for all these lives are mixing with tears. (less)

"An epic novel that spans thirty years in the lives of a farm family in Iowa, telling a parallel story of the changes ta... (more)

"An epic novel that spans thirty years in the lives of a farm family in Iowa, telling a parallel story of the changes taking place in America from 1920 through the early 1950s"--Provided by publisher. (less)