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1dara85
I would suggest these fiction books for Iowa:
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Spirit Lake by McKinlay Kantor This is a fictionalized account of massacre that happened involving white settlers and the Indians.
Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth is a children's book that is very well written.
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
Spirit Lake by McKinlay Kantor This is a fictionalized account of massacre that happened involving white settlers and the Indians.
Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth is a children's book that is very well written.
2stormville
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella (was adapted for the movies as Field of Dreams)
3wunderkind
An Ocean in Iowa by Peter Hedges takes place in a fictional suburb that sounds a lot like West Des Moines, with lots of suburban Des Moines-area landmarks popping up.
Also Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.
Also Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.
4careyi
What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges is way out in the country of Iowa.
Also The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson which is him growing up in 1950s Des Moines and it gives a good idea of what it was like.
Also The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson which is him growing up in 1950s Des Moines and it gives a good idea of what it was like.
5bookworm12
Yay for the midwest. Here's a good list of books and authors (including Bill Bryson) from Iowa...
http://avidreader25.blogspot.com/2012/04/reading-states-iowa.html
http://avidreader25.blogspot.com/2012/04/reading-states-iowa.html
6krolik
>6 krolik:
You might want to add Robert Coover to the authors from the state. He's done plenty of interesting stuff.
You might want to add Robert Coover to the authors from the state. He's done plenty of interesting stuff.