Early warning /

In 1953, 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 scatte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smiley, Jane
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Rural families > Iowa > Fiction. Social change > United States > History > 20th century > Fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction.

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