Roast Beef, Medium

Roast Beef, Medium

by Edna Ferber

Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother, travels the Midwest as a sales representative for a large skirt and petticoat manufacturer. Her many adventures with people, (including predatory salesmen and hotel clerks), are funny and poignant. She is hardworking and able to outsell the slickest of the men salesmen. She has learned to focus on her work and her seventeen-year-old son, Jock. Experience has taught her that it is usually best to stick to roast beef, medium and not get stomach ache with fancy sauces and exotic dishes.

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Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferberwas an American novelist, short story writer and playwright.     Ferber was born August 15, 1885, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a Hu...

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