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From the champion of the Pulitzer Reward: the much-anticipated last volume, following Some Luck and Early on Warning, of her acclaimed American trilogy - a richly absorbing new book that brings the remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond. A lot can occur in 100 years, as Jane Smiley shows to stunning impact in her Previous Hundred Years trilogy. But as Golden Era, its last installment, opens in 1987, another era of Langdons face economic, social, political - and personal - obstacles unlike anything their ancestors came across before. Michael and Richie, the rivalrous twin sons of World War II hero Frank, work in the high-stakes world of authorities and finance in Washington and New York, nonetheless they soon realize that one's fiercest opponents can be closest to home; Charlie, the captivating, lately found scion, battles with whether he wants to make a mark on the earth; and Guthrie, once poised to dominate the Langdons' Iowa plantation, is instead deployed to Iraq, going out of the land - ever before the heart of this persuasive saga - in the capable hands of his youthful sister. Motivated to evade disaster for the planet and her family, Felicity concerns that the farm's once-bountiful garden soil may be forever imperiled by more than the extremes of local climate change. So that they go into deeper into the 21st hundred years, all the Langdon women - wives, moms, daughters - find themselves charged with carrying their storied recent into an uncertain future. Combining intimate play, mental suspense, and a full command of history, Golden Era brings to an impressive bottom line the century-spanning family portrait of this remarkable family - and the powerful times where they've loved, resided, and passed away: a crowning literary achievements from a beloved master of American storytelling.
