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A Thousand Acres Study Guide

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by Jane Smiley
About 56 pages (16,865 words)
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Book 4: Chapter 34 Summary

On a morning a few days later, Henry Dodge, the Lutheran minister, arrives unannounced and, over polite coffee, reminds Ginny of the day she bolted from his office and that, although none think Harold acted appropriately, everyone takes his recent accident into account. He observes that Ginny appears unhappy, that he has come, as her pastor and her father's pastor, to make peace, that families function better when they stay together. Ginny asks him if that's an absolute, to which he responds there are always exceptions, although rare. He then adds that three generations on one farm is itself rare and worth protecting and that being yoked to one's enemies provides more opportunity for loving them.

Since Henry won't tell her what the gossips are saying, after he leaves, Ginny drives to.....

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