{"product_id":"so-big-a-novel-isbn-9780062567567","title":"So Big: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdna Ferber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a rollicking panorama of Chicago's high and low life at the turn of the twentieth century—now available in a limited Olive Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A masterpiece. . . . It has the completeness, [the] finality that grips and exalts and convinces.”—\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, \u003cem\u003eSo Big\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago. It is the unforgettable story of Selina Peake DeJong, a gambler's daughter, and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity and her sanity in the face of marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant literary masterwork from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and admired writers, the remarkable \u003cem\u003eSo Big\u003c\/em\u003e still resonates with its unflinching view of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“It has the completeness, and finality, that grips and exalts and convinces. . . . \u003cem\u003eSo Big \u003c\/em\u003eis a masterpiece.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thoughtful book, clean and strong, dramatic at times, interesting always, clear-sighted, sympathetic, a novel to read and to remember.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Her books were . . . vivid and had a sound sociological basis. She was among the best-read novelists in the nation, and critics of the 1920s and 1930s did not hesitate to call her the greatest American woman novelist of her day.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Recommended reading for our times.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Edna Ferber could spin a tale.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] standout.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Few writers can equal Edna Ferber. She writes so smoothly and brightly, with so much gusto, with so wideawake a style and so clever a selection of detail that she routs all that is common-place and casts out all that is dull.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There can be no question that \u003cem\u003eSo Big\u003c\/em\u003e gets close to the life of its chosen bit of American soil, or that it is persuasively human in its touch.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpringfield Republican\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888518951141,"sku":"NP9780062567567","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062567567.jpg?v=1730229258","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/so-big-a-novel-isbn-9780062567567","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}