So Big

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Edna Ferber: So Big (Hardcover, 1951, Doubleday Books)

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Published June 10, 1951 by Doubleday Books.

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978-0-385-04956-6
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So Big - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - the unforgettable story of Selina Peake Dejong, her marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a truck farmer, and of her son, Dirk. In So Big, Ferber simultaneously created a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago and dealt with the contemporary issues of poverty, Americanization, family tensions, sexism, and success.

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  • Fiction
  • Illinois
  • Farm life

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