![]() Ginny is a powerful narrator in the sense that her emotions are so raw, her revelations (both to us and to herself) so succinct and powerful - I ached for her loss while I felt embarrassed for her weakness, perhaps because I saw in myself the same tendency to overlook things just to keep the peace.Īs a painful family drama, this book is beautifully written: a harsh picture of a family falling to pieces in grand King Lear style. As a vital part of everyone’s life - especially for Ginny, her sister Rose and their husbands - the farm is a blessing and a millstone and is both the impetus and the excuse for so many decisions. But it is Larry especially whose choices and influence served to dig the well of hurt that not one of them were able to avoid drinking from. The farm itself as a character is palpable. Our narrator, the eldest daughter Ginny, tells us what follows, a downward spiral of failed expectations, misunderstandings, jealousy and flat-out insanity. While life isn’t perfect, it is routine and familiar - until the day that Larry decides to give his farm to his children as an inheritance. ![]() In Iowa there is a family farm owned by a man named Larry Cook, who has three grown daughters. ![]()
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