The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
By Terry Ryan
(Pocket Star, Mass Market Paperback, 9781416510819, 384pp.)
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback
Categories: Literary, Parental Memoirs, Women
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Description
This bestselling memoir starring a Midwestern wife and mother whose prize-winning poetry and prose kept her family afloat through the most difficult of times is now basis for a feature film from DreamWorks, starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson, scheduled for release in September.
About the Author
Terry Ryan, the sixth of Evelyn Ryan's ten children, was a consultant on the film adaptation of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. She lives in San Francisco, California.











