The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels)

by Terry Ryan

Suze Orman (Foreword)

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The story of Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay and her ten children fed during the 1950s and 1960s by winning contest for jingles and advertising slogans. Her winning ways defied the church, her alcoholic husband and antiquated views of housewives. Shows how a winning spirit will triumph over poverty of circumstance.
  • ISBN10 0743217276
  • ISBN13 9780743217279
  • Publish Date 2 September 2005 (first published 1 April 2001)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 288
  • Language English