212 pages
English language
Published April 13, 1995 by University of Illinois Press.
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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.
Subjects
- Gamblers -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.