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Some Luck by Jane Smiley

(2015 Selection)

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Awards and Accolades

 

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Honoring Jane Smiley

Fulbright Fellowship (1976-77)

National Endowment of the Arts Grant Recipient (1978, 1987)

Arts and Letters Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1997)

Pen USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature (2006)

 

Honoring Jane Smiley's Works

Novels

At Paradise Gate (1981)

Friends of American Writers Prize (1982)

A Thousand Acres (1991)

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1992) 

 

National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1991)

 

Ambassador Book Award for Fiction (1992) 

 

Midland Authors Award (1992)

 

Heartland Prize (1991)

Moo (1995) 

Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1995)

The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (1998)

Spur Award for Best Novel of the West (1999)

Horse Heaven (2000)

Short-listed for the Orange Prize (2001)

Some Luck (2014)

National Book Award Longlist, Fiction (2014)

Library Journal: Top Ten Books of 2014

NPR: Best Books of 2014

USA Today: 10 Books We Loved Reading in 2014

Washington Post: Top 50 Fiction Books for 2014

Short Story Collections

The Age of Grief (1987)

Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Short Stories

"The Pleasure of Her Company.” Mademoiselle, March 1981.
O. Henry Award (1982)

"Lily.” The Atlantic Monthly, July 1984. First Prize winner.
O. Henry Award (1985)

"Long Distance.” The Atlantic Monthly, January 1987.
O. Henry Award (1988)

"The Life of the Body.” Antaeus, Autumn 1994.
O. Henry Award (1996)

  

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New Catalog Interface

On September 15th, the library system that Wilmette Public Library is a part of will be transitioning to a new catalog interface. Here are some important facts for you to know:

- My Lists and My Shelves will be private in the new catalog interface.

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- You will not need to set your account up again. You will access the new interface with your library barcode number and current password.

- If you've bookmarked the link to the current catalog interface, it will redirect you to our new interface on September 15th.

We are offering tutorials of the new interface for the public on September 15 at 2 pm and 7 pm and on September 16 at 2 pm.  If you have any questions, please call the library at (847) 256-5025.

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