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From the best-selling author of Giant and So Big, a sweeping look at the lives of three generations of women on Chicago's South Side. Part of Belt's Revivals series and with a new introduction by Kathleen Rooney (Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk).First published... Read Full Overview

From the best-selling author of Giant and So Big, a sweeping look at the lives of three generations of women on Chicago's South Side. Part of Belt's Revivals series and with a new introduction by Kathleen Rooney (Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk).First published... Read Full Overview

The Girls is a novel written by American author Edna Ferber, first published in 1921. The book tells the story of three young women, Emma, Laura, and Irene, who come from different backgrounds but share a common goal of making a better life for themselves. The story is set in... Read Full Overview

The Girls is a novel written by American author Edna Ferber and first published in 1921. The story revolves around the lives of two young women, Emma McChesney and her daughter, Jock. Emma is a widowed traveling saleswoman who sells Featherloom petticoats across the Midwest,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

The Girls is a novel written by Edna Ferber and first published in 1921. The story is set in the early 1900s in Chicago, and follows the lives of two young women, Emma McChesney and her daughter, Jock. Emma is a traveling saleswoman for a clothing company, and Jock is a college... Read Full Overview