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

Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950s and 1960s, stands up to the church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated ideas about women. Evelyn turns every financial challenge into an opportunity for innovation, all the while raising her six sons and four daughters.