The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less

by Ryan, Terry, and Orman, Suze (Foreword by), and Ryan, Betsy (Afterword by)

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Simon & Schuster, 2001. Illustrated. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket. tight clean copy, slight edgewear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

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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.