Seven stories from the first decade of Ferber’s career, each dated to its first appearance. A notorious woman tries to win her town’s respect, a middle-aged Chicago bachelor sacrifices his youth to his sisters in The Gay Old Dog, a farmer retires to town and pines for the land, and other tales turn on marriage, work and motherhood.
Sharp, warm magazine fiction from the Pulitzer-winning author of So Big and Show Boat. Download the free EPUB.