The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan
A quick and easy read, but I enjoyed it. I was struck by how different the world is now, though; I don't think you could earn enough money by entering jingle contests to support a family.
What struck me most about this book was an experience of synchonicity. At the end of the book, the mother makes friends with a woman in an iron lung. "I wonder what an iron lung looks like?" I thought to myself as I finished the book and went to bed. The next morning, the front page of thye Star Tribune website had an article about jingles and a photo of an iron lung. Spooky!
Posted by rachel at May 21, 2005 01:31 PM