The first novel in a dazzling new epic trilogy from the winner of the Pulitzer P
rize; a literary adventure that will span a century in America. 1920. After his
return from the battlefields in France, Walter Langdon and his wife Rosanna begi
n their life together on a remote farm in Iowa.
As time passes, their little
family will grow: from Frank, the handsome, willful first-born, to Joe, whose lo
ve of animals and the land sustains him; from Lillian, beloved by her mother, to
Henry who craves only the world of his books; and Claire, the surprise baby, wh
o earns a special place in her father's heart. As Walter and Rosanna struggle to
keep their family through good years and hard years - to years more desperate t
han they ever could have imagined, the world around their little farm will turn,
and life for their children will be unrecognizable from what came before. Some
will fall in love, some will have families of their own, some will go to war and
some will not survive.
