Claude Wheeler has everything he’s supposed to want: a prosperous farm, a secure future, and a life of quiet stability in the Nebraska plains. But what should feel like success feels like suffocation.
Trapped between his father’s pragmatism and his mother’s rigid piety, Claude longs for something more, something distant and meaningful. When World War I erupts, he finds his chance. In France, far from the fields he knows, Claude discovers a purpose he never found at home.
Willa Cather’s One of Ours is a stirring portrait of a young man searching for meaning in a world reshaped by modern war. Deeply personal and sweeping in scope, this Pulitzer Prize–winning novel explores disillusionment, hope, and the enduring human search for belonging.
