So Big - (P.S.) by Edna Ferber (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P>"A masterpiece. . . . It has the completeness, [the] finality, that grips and exalts and convinces." Literary Review <P>Widely regarded as the master work of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber who also penned other classics including Show Boat, Giant, Ice Palace, Saratoga Trunk, and Cimarron So Big is a rollicking panorama of Chicago's high and low life at the turn of the 20th Century. Following the travails of gambler's daughter Selina Peake DeJong as she struggles to maintain her dignity, her family, and her sanity in the face of monumental challenges, this is the stunning and unforgettable novel to read and to remember by an author who critics of the 1920s and 1930s did not hesitate to call the greatest American woman novelist of her day (New York Times). <P>Winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize, So Big is a must-read for fans of contemporary novelists such Willa Cather (O Pioneers!), Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth), and Marjorie Rawlings (The Yearling)."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, </strong><em><strong>So Big</strong></em><strong> is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago.</strong> </p><p>Hailed as a novel "to read and remember" (<em>New York Times</em>), <em>So Big</em> is the unforgettable story of the indomitable Selina Peake DeJong and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity in the face of a challenging marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood. First published in 1924, <em>So Big</em> is a brilliant literary masterwork from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and admired writers, and still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and admired writers, Edna Ferber's <em>So Big</em> is the unforgettable story of one woman's struggle to stay afloat and maintain her dignity in the face of monumental challenges.</p><p>Set in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century, <em>So Big</em> tells the story of Selina Peake, orphaned at nineteen after her father is shot and killed in a gambling house. Alone and resolved to make something of her life, Selina gets a job as a schoolteacher in a farming community outside Chicago and falls in love with a kind but struggling farmer. She soon leaves the schoolhouse for long grueling days in the fields and gives birth to a son, Dirk, nicknamed "So Big." When she finds herself unexpectedly widowed, she takes the reins of the farm, defying convention and all those around her, determined to give Dirk every opportunity to follow his dreams.</p>A powerful story and stirring portrait of one of the most memorable women in American literature, <em>So Big</em> still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Her books were . . . vivid and had a sound sociological basis. She was among the best-read novelists in the nation, and critics of the 1920s and 1930s did not hesitate to call her the greatest American woman novelist of her day."--<em>New York Times</em><br><br>"A thoughtful book, clean and strong, dramatic at times, interesting always, clear-sighted, sympathetic, a novel to read and to remember."--<em>New York Times</em><br><br>"[A] standout." </em>--<em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</em><br><br>"Edna Ferber could spin a tale."--<em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</em><br><br>"For sheer readability few writers can equal Edna Ferber. She writes so smoothly and brightly, with so much gusto, with so wideawake a style and so clever a selection of detail that she routs all that is common-place and casts out all that is dull."--<em>New York Times</em><br><br>"It has the completeness, and finality, that grips and exalts and convinces. . . . <em>So Big </em>is a masterpiece."--<em>Literary Review</em><br><br>"There can be no question that <em>So Big</em> gets close to the life of its chosen bit of American soil, or that it is persuasively human in its touch."--<em>Springfield Republican</em><br><br>"Recommended reading for our times."--<em>Washington Post</em><br>
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