A review by kingarooski
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

3.0

The Cook family has been farming the land in Iowa for three generations. They are now the proud owners of a thousand acres of fertile soil and an important part of the community. When Larry Cook decides to split the land between the two eldest daughters, leaving the third out, fractures appear in the solid family. The story then follows the story of King Lear, bringing in more modern twists to this play.