So Big

<p><strong>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize</strong></p><p><strong>A masterpiece. -- <em>Literary Review </em></strong>- <strong>A novel to read and to remember. --<em>New York Times</em></strong></p><p>Widely regarded as the masterwork of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber--who also penned other classics including <em>Show Boat Giant Ice Palace Saratoga Trunk </em>and <em>Cimarron</em>--<em>So Big</em> is a powerful and stirring portrait of one of the most memorable women in American literature and still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty sexism and the drive for success.</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><p><em>So Big</em> is a must-read for fans of contemporary novelists such Willa Cather (<em>O Pioneers!</em>) Pearl S. Buck (<em>The Good Earth</em>) and Marjorie Rawlings (<em>The Yearling</em>).</p>