#3, Some Luck, by Jane Smiley

After having read a number of books that featured protagonists with dark pasts or bizarre situations with strange villains, I was longing for a book about normal people. This is it. Each chapter features events in one year in the life of a farm family in Iowa, starting in 1920 and ending in 1954. The sensitive depiction of family life was a welcome change from hyper-active super-hero thrillers or dark and dreary mysteries. I recommend this highly.