“The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less” – May Book Club Selection
In honor of mothers everywhere, this month we're reading Terry Ryan's memoir: "The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less." Growing up as the middle child in a family of ten, Terry watched her mother scrape together milk money by entering the jingle contests of the 1950s and 60s. Evelyn Ryan's knack for rhyme enabled her to win one out of every four entries. Her husband's drinking habit used up most of the family budget so when Evelyn discovered that she could win everything from a toaster to a car by writing advertising...
