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Review ------ “It has the completeness, and finality, that grips and exalts and convinces. . . . So Big is a masterpiece.” (Literary Review) “A thoughtful book, clean and strong, dramatic at times, interesting always, clear-ed, sympathetic, a novel to read and to remember.” (New York Times) “[A] standout.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) “Recommended reading for our times.” (Washington Post) “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.” (New York Times) “E Ferber could spin a tale.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) “For sheer readability few writers can equal E 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.” (New York Times) “There can be no question that So Big gets close to the life of its chosen bit of American soil, or that it is persuasively human in its touch.” (Springfield Republican) Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) From the Back Cover ------------------- The Pulitzer Prize–winning masterwork from one of the twentieth century’s most accomplished and admired writers, E Ferber’s So Big is the unforgettable story of one woman’s struggle to stay afloat and maintain her dignity in the face of monumental challenges. Set in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century, So Big tells the story of Selina Peake, orphaned at nineteen after her her is 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 rtunity to follow his dreams. A powerful story and stirring portrait of one of the most memorable women in American literature, So Big still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success. Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) See all Editorial Reviews ( /dp/product-description/0061859982/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&isInIframe=0 )