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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan

5.0

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With simplicity and humor, Terry "Tuff" Ryan recalls her upbringing as one of ten kids in 1950s Ohio. She lets the reader into the life of a family that, despite poverty and an alcoholic father, is held together by the tenacity, creativity and optimism of their mother, Evelyn Ryan. Simultaneously heart-wrenching and hopeful, this book will leave you marveling at the strength of one remarkable "50's housewife."