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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
by Terry Ryan
The vacations, appliances, and automobiles of the Ryan family were the spoils of Terry Ryan's mother's skill at writing just the right jingle. Twenty-five words or less won bicycles, televisions, a jukebox, and trips to New York and Switzerland for her family. This memoir shares the details of Terry Ryan's childhood, as it draws a moving picture of Evelyn Ryan, a mother who defied her alcoholic husband, her church, and the judgement of other housewives to provide for her family by entering--and winning--dozens of contests. THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO inspired a 2005 film starring Julianne Moore as Evelyn Ryan.
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Publisher Simon & Schuster |
Date 2001 |
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Publisher Touchstone Books |
Date 2002 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Simon & Schuster |
Date 2001 |
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Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 2001 |
Price $1.26 |
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Publisher NotesThe author describes her mother Evelyn's struggles with poverty in the 1950s as she tried to build a happy home for her ten children, with the help of wit, poetry, and prose during the contest era of the 1950s and 1960s. Review this book! |
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