Edna Ferber's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel asks the question, How do you live a meaningful life? The main character, Selina DeJong, is a memorable and sincere seeker after beauty and meaning. (On her first trip to a farm, she finds the cauliflower beautiful, which sets the farmer to laughing.) Selina is skeptical of material success, which leads to a split with her son when he becomes a successful bond salesman. There is no whiff of cynicism or facile cleverness in this deeply felt and deftly expressed novel.
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