~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - 1992, the Ambassador Book Award for Fiction - 1992, the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction - 1991, the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction - 1991, and the Society of Midland Authors Award for Fiction - 1992
A powerful reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear, A Thousand Acres centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions.
Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride to reveal the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.