So Big

a novel

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So Big (1981, G.K. Hall)

500 pages

English language

Published April 13, 1981 by G.K. Hall.

ISBN:
9780816131938

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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.

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Subjects

  • Large type books
  • Gamblers -- Family relationships -- Fiction
  • Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
  • Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction