Record Added: 2/6/2022 Series International Collectors Library Setting  United States Topic Adult Fiction, Classics Publisher Doubleday Publishers Year 1975 Age Adult Pages 283 Description Black leather binding
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So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It was a best-seller in the United States and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925.
The story follows the life of a young woman, Selina Peake De Jong, who decides to be a school teacher in farming country. During her stay on the Pool family farm, she encourages the young Roelf Pool to follow his interests, which include art. Upon his mother's death, Roelf runs away to France.
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From estate sale, Ashton Idaho, June 2021.
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