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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less  
Foreword by: Suze Orman
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Standing up to the church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated ideas about women, Evelyn turned every financial challenge into an opportunity for innovation, all the while raising her six sons and four daughters with the belief that miracles are an everyday occurrence.

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"Inspirational."

-- USA Today

"Nabs first prize in the memoir genre."

-- People (Book of the Week)

"Unforgettable."

-- San Francisco Chronicle

"A good-natured memoir as compelling as a commercial jingle."

-- O, The Oprah Magazine