I actually listened to this book on tape, but I enjoyed it. Of course, I was disappointed in the movie...

Welcome to the "A Thousand Acres" bookray.
Here are the participants so far:

Miss-Owl (Australia)
SudoKris (Scotland)
MissyZ (United Kingdom)
Alvhyttan (Sweden)
-Psyche- (United States, MN) <----Book is HERE

RELEASE NOTES:

Sending to Miss-Owl.

Received by Miss-Owl. :) Thanks, Piper79! Perfect timing - leaving in a few days for a two week trip to Thailand. That's... eighteen hours of uninterrupted reading time!

Thank you for sharing this, Piper79 - a wonderful read which I enjoyed immensely: simultaneously haunting and haunted - by the inescapable, indomitable spirit of King Lear. Compelling, disturbing and sinister by turns - like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

Will stay far away for the movie - thanks for the warning. :)

Sending to SudoKris when I receive the address.

Sent to SudoKris... at least, I'm pretty sure that's where it is! (There's something to be said for sending only one book at a time at the post office.)

Enjoy!

Got here today - thank youso much for sending it all the way from Australia! Very much looking foward to this one, as i've been wanting to read it for years!!!


Update 2.12.05
I LOVED this book! Very clever... Thanks so much for sharing!!! :-)

Arrived on Saturday, thanks!

Sorry it took me so long to get around to reading this! I've managed to finish it in a weekend - a beautiful read!
Thanks for sharing it, Piper!

Have PM'ed Alvhyttan for an address...

Came in the post today.
Thank you MissZ for sending it and thank you Piper79 for starting this bookray!
I'm looking forward to start reading this book in about a week.

This is a fantastic book!
A powerful and complex story, told in a low voice; when some of the most terrible things happen, it’s told in just a few words, so those parts I had to read twice to be sure about what was told. This low voice reflects the woman that tells us this story, a woman who has had to adapt for her survival and as soon as she raises her voice she gets to be a bad girl.

I think this story really shows how inheritage and social structure affect people and how hard it can be for women in a very patriarchal world to live a life with both self-respect and dignity, and to be accepted as equals.
As I said before, it’s a complex story; it also gave me a lot of other issues to reflect upon.

I am so glad I got to read this book and I will look for more books by Jane Smiley.

Tomorrow I will send this book to –Psyke-.

Arrived in the post today. Thanks so much!