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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, September 2005
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THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO
By: Terry Ryan

How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less

Simon and Schuster
September 2005
352 pages
ISBN: 0743273931
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Non-Fiction Memoir

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces 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. Standing up to the church, her alcoholic husband, and antiquated ideas about women, Evelyn turned every financial challenge into an opportunity for innovation, all the while raising her six sons and four daughters with the belief that miracles are an everyday occurrence. The inspiration for a major motion picture, Evelyn Ryan's story is told by her daughter Terry with an infectious joy that shows how a winning spirit and sense of humor can triumph over adversity every time.

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