The book I read was The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck. In the beginning of the story Wang Lung starts out as a poor farmer. He buys a wife named O-Lan, who helps him through heartache and starvation. Later they go to the south, because their family is starving. They suffer in the south, but they are fed. There is a mob of people who bust down the down the doors of a rich mans house, Wang and O-Lan get money. They can finally return to their life and their land. They became rich and eventually move into The House of Hwang. In the end of the story, we leave of Wang Lung dying. His sons mischievously plan about selling the land against his fathers will. My opinion on the book was OK. It wasn’t a great book, it got really boring at parts. I wouldn’t recommend this book to people, because again it was dry at parts. I rate this book about a three.