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Description edit
A riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman’s life, from the 1880s to World War II. Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in post–Civil War Missouri when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He’s the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Andrew: Add a description of this character.
- Margaret
- Dora
- Pete Krizenko
- Jane Smiley
- Lavinia
- Mrs. Kimura
- Naoko
- Beatrice
- Mrs. Wareham
- Alexander
- Hubert Lear
- Len Scanlan
- Mrs. Early
- John Gentry
- Mrs. Hitchens
- Dr. Bernstein
- Elizabeth
- Dr. Einstein
- Robert Bell
- Lawrence
- Lester
- Leonora
- Stella
- Mrs. Tillotson
- Ben
- Joe
- Mrs. Larimer
- Cassandra
- Kimuras
- Miss Mayfield
- Mrs. Roberts
- Mrs. Branch
- Mama
- Keene
- Mrs. Jones
- Angus
- Helen
- Papa
Setting & Locations edit
- Vallejo
- Missouri
- St. Louis
- San Francisco
- Europe
- California
- Chicago
- Japantown
- Washington
- Franklin
- England
- Chinatown
- Germany
- Russia
- France
- Paris
- Darlington
- Berlin
- St. Petersburg
- London
- New York
- Spain
- Mexico
- Italy
- Tanforan
- Kansas
- Columbia
- America
- Sacramento
- Omsk
- Forest Park
- D.c.
- San Jose
- Minnesota
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Rome
- West Coast
- Oakland
- Michigan
- Moscow
- Idaho
- Nanking
First Sentence edit
Stella, who had been sleeping in her basket in the corner, leapt up barking and then slipped out the bedroom door.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jane Smiley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 1400040604
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 1400040604
Page Count: 336
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- Dewey: 813.54
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