![]() ![]() Each Langdon member has their own space and it’s through their points-of-view that we fully experience the family dynamic and witness a changing America. There’s defiant Frank compassionate Joe fearless Mary Elizabeth empathetic Lillian cerebral Henry and watchful Claire. The strength of this trilogy is in how Smiley has lovingly enabled the individual nature of each child to emerge over time, from toddlers to teenagers to adults. The couple will go on to have five further children, each one a unique and distinct personality. He’s married to 20-year-old Rosanna, beautiful and wise beyond her years, and their first child, Frank is a few months old. In 1920 Walter Langdon is a cautious young farmer, fresh from The Great War, who finds himself in charge of a large farm in Iowa. ![]() ![]() Each chapter in the trilogy covers a year, starting with ‘1920’ and ending with ‘2019’. ![]()
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