Description: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan Evelyn Ryan, wife of an alcoholic husband and mother of ten children, lived in a small town in a time and place when women did not seek jobs outside the home. When finances ran low, feeling desperate, she turned to her parish priest who suggested she "take in laundry." Ryan had to laugh at the advice because she could barely keep up with her own family's washing and ironing. A lesser woman might have succumbed to poverty, but she was determined to keep her family financially afloat and to teach her children that the life of the mind was important. In the early 1950s, Ryan started entering contests, composing her jingles, poems, and essays at the ironing board. She won household appliances, bikes, watches, clocks, and, occasionally, cash. She won a freezer, and several weeks later, she won a supermarket shopping-spree. When the family was faced with eviction, she received a $5000 first place check from the regional Western Auto Store. Ryan's unconventionality and sense of humor triumphed over poverty, and her persistence makes the reader cheer her on. #418
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Type: Novel
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
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Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Intended Audience: Adults
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Book Title: Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio : How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or less
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2002
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: Women, General, Literary, Advertising & Promotion
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Terry Ryan
Book Series: An Inspiring Memoir Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
