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

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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 easiest prose throughout the “contest era” of the 1950s and 1960s. Evelyn’s winning ways defied the church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated views of housewives. To her, flouting convention was once a small price to pay when it came to raising her six sons and 4 daughters.

Graced with an extraordinary appreciation for life’s inherent hilarity, Evelyn turned each financial challenge into a chance for fun and profit. The tale of this irrepressible woman, whose clever entries are worthy of Erma Bombeck, Dorothy Parker, and Ogden Nash, is told by her daughter Terry with an infectious joy that shows how a winning spirit will at all times overcome poverty.

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