So Big (Unabridged)

Written by Edna Ferber

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Selina Peake traded the bustle of city life for the quiet toil of a Dutch farm. Her dreams intertwined with the rich soil, but love for her stubborn, kind husband Pervus grew deeper roots. When tragedy struck, Selina emerged, not as a fragile widow, but as a force of nature. With grit and unwavering resolve, she transformed the land, defying expectations and societal norms. Yet, her greatest battle lay not in the fields, but in the heart of her son, Dirk. Would his dreams lead him far from the farm she'd poured her life into, or could Selina find a way to nurture both her love and their opposing ambitions? Dive into "So Big," a saga of resilience, sacrifice, and the enduring power of a mother's love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Falcon Press
• Release date: Mar 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9798868710315

Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Jewish parents, Ferber was raised in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Economic hardship and antisemitism made their family a tight knit one as they moved constantly throughout Edna’s youth. At 17, she gave up her dream of studying to be an actor to support her family, finding work at the Appleton Daily Crescent and the Milwaukee Journal as a reporter. In 1911, while recovering from anemia, Ferber published her debut novel, Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed, earning a reputation as a rising star in American literature. In 1925, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel So Big, which follows a young woman from a suburb of Chicago who takes a job as a teacher in a rural town. She followed up her critically acclaimed bestseller with the novel Show Boat (1926), which was adapted into a popular musical by Oscar Hammerstein and P. G. Wodehouse the year after its release. Several of her books became successful film and theater productions—So Big served as source material for a 1932 movie starring Barbara Stanwick, George Brent, and Bette Davis, which was remade in 1953 with Jane Wyman in the lead role. Ferber spent most of her life in New York City, where she became a member of the influential Algonquin Round Table group. In the leadup to the Second World War, Ferber supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was a fierce critic of Hitler and antisemitism around the world.