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Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna Ferber created three wildly successful books featuring the business adventures of a dynamic, divorced single mother at the turn of the century. The first book in this classic series introduces listeners to the engaging, beautiful, and quick-talking Emma McChesney, traveling saleswoman for the T.A. Buck Featherloom Petticoat Company. Emma's 10 years on the road have taught her that living the Philosophy of Roast Beef, Medium allows her to avoid "moral pepsin" while meeting the challenges required to win in a man's world.

Armed with a sample case, killer instincts, and common sense, Emma faces wily salesmen, advances of hotel clerks and customers, and reins in her headstrong, 17-year-old son. This audiobook is populated with the strongly drawn secondary characters and witty social observances Ferber stories are known for.

Public Domain (P)2017 Suzanne Barbetta

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A Trip Back To The Good Ol' Days!

LOVED THIS LISTEN! This story about a stylish Midwestern traveling saleswoman was such fun to listen to! The characters were so colorful and witty---my favorites were "Fat" Ed Myer and Blanche LeHay. Suzanne Barbetta does a fabulous job of bringing each character to life and making you feel as though you're laying on your living room rug again when you were a kid, listening to an old-time radio show. Her voice and performance are perfection! Although the story was set in an era when a woman's "place" was 'in the home', Emma McChesney was no shrinking violet and proved more than once she could hold her own in a man's world......You go, Girl! I can't wait to listen to the next installment in the series, Personality Plus :)

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