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This is a memoir by a woman who grew up in an extremely poor family in Defiance, Ohio in the 1950s and '60s. The writer's mother entered jingle contests to support her ten children because her husband is an alcoholic who spends a large portion of his meager paycheck on booze. She enters and wins so many contests it is mind-boggling. The memoir is funny but also incredibly sad. I think this family's experience is a common one, more common than we would like to believe in this patriarchal society. It is often the mothers who go to incredible lengths to take care of their children and shield drunkard or just lazy and or incompetent fathers. The father's final betrayal made me sick to my stomach and though he does, in the end, make a grand gesture of redemption, I almost didn't believe it. Anyway, this is a good read --especially if you appreciate word play.