Summary Of The Prize Winner Of Defiance '

In April 2001, a writer named Terry Ryan published a book about her mother. The title of the book “The Prize Winner of Defiance: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Fewer.” Ryan had already written two poetry books and was busy writing a comic strip for a san Francisco newspaper. When she decided to tell her mom's story. Terry's mother Evelyn Ryan was a remarkable woman she entered contest after contest in the 1950s and won most of them. In those days, companies sponsored competitions and they gave prizes to the writers of the best slogan, poem or jingle about their products. Evelyn Ryan, being such a naturally good writer that she won countess prizes. The prizes ranged from small appliances to large cash awards all of them earned through
skill and perseverance. Terry Ryan especially remembers her mothers organizational skills and generosity. Evelyn Ryan, her daughter explains, was also motivated by her circumstances as the wife of an alcoholic. She did it all fr her family winning such contests was her way of staying home, support ten children and keeping the family together.