Paperback, 288 pages
Published June 15, 2010 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
Paperback, 288 pages
Published June 15, 2010 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.
So Big - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - the unforgettable story of Selina Peake Dejong, her marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a truck farmer, and of her son, Dirk. In So Big, Ferber simultaneously created a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago and dealt with the contemporary issues of poverty, Americanization, family tensions, sexism, and success.