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

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio : How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
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This was a good book about a gutsy woman. When things seemed like nothing was going right and money was short a win always seemed to come through. Evelyn Ryan, who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950's and 60.