Written & audio book narrated by Terry Ryan - Abridged Nonfiction - 4 COMPACT DISCS - 4 hours Publisher, Simon & Schuster Audioworks (September 2005) Listen to an audio clip NOTE: You will need RealPlayer Basic to listen. It's FREE ! Listen to a Windows Media audio clip. Listen to a QuickTime audio clip. 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. About the Author: Terry Ryan, the sixth of Evelyn Ryan's ten children, was a consultant on the film adaptation of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. She lives in San Francisco, California. |
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