--- product_id: 90179115 title: "Roast Beef Medium Hardcover – Import, 7 December 2015" brand: "edna ferber" price: "315.19 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 15 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/90179115-roast-beef-medium-hardcover-import-7-december-2015 store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Roast Beef Medium Hardcover – Import, 7 December 2015 **Brand:** edna ferber **Price:** 315.19 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Roast Beef Medium Hardcover – Import, 7 December 2015 by edna ferber - **How much does it cost?** 315.19 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/90179115-roast-beef-medium-hardcover-import-7-december-2015) ## Best For - edna ferber enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted edna ferber brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Roast Beef Medium Hardcover – Import, 7 December 2015 - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31wJEE+B99L.jpg) ![Roast Beef Medium Hardcover – Import, 7 December 2015 - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41bePvdiJnL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun, lively early Ferber story of an early career woman *by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on 10 October 2014* Savvy, straight-talking, and self-reliant, Emma McChesney, is as witty and entertaining as the “fast-talking dames” found in old movies, but it’s closer to 1910 than 1930 or 40. Emma’s an early career woman, working as the Midwest sales representative for T.A. Buck’s Featherloom skirts and petticoats, and most of her life is spent on the road--traveling by train, sleeping in hotels, meeting the most interesting people, and outsmarting the male sales reps who are her competition. She’s still stylish and attractive enough to make a man hope, but as a hardworking divorced mother dependant on her income she’s a stickler about her reputation.Roast Beef Medium is the first of three books about the adventures of Emma McChesney. Edna Ferber, also the author of Giant and Show Boat, wrote the McChesney books long enough ago that they’re all in the public domain and ebook copies of them can be downloaded from sites like Project Gutenberg. I listened to a wonderfully narrated Libravox recording, also free, which kept me grinning even when stuck in traffic. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ahead of Her Time *by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on 3 April 2013* I believe that Ms. Ferber, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1925, was always writing ahead of the time she lived in. She wrote almost every novel (among them "Giant", "Showboat", and "Saratoga Trunk") as well as this one, "Roast Beef, Medium", about a strong female who was fighting to have a stable life in circumstances outside of the norm of women of the time.This book concerns a woman who is a traveling saleswoman. She's on the road selling women's petticoats; she knows her rivals (all men) by sight; she resists their multiple advances, and she doesn't let herself be pushed out of selling to a client by a bluff, genial opponent. She outwits other salesmen by dint of intelligence and sheer hard work. Her life is by necessity excruciatingly self-disciplined; she can't afford to ever give in, get lazy, be run down or less than a professional. She refuses to be downtrodden by the grind of the male-dominated world she's in. She knows which rooms at a hotel to take and which ones to refuse because the clerk assumes she is worthy of less consideration than a man; she knows what to eat in the endless succession of restaurants she's in night after night: thus the title of the book.She's feminine and always appears in public perfectly groomed -- she cannot afford to be anything other than what seems like a paragon.But somehow Ms. Ferber gets into her heart; she is working to keep herself and her son Jock in respectable circumstances, and she continually rises to challenges which, like the opposing wind, lift her higher. She has all the doubts and faults of all the women I know, but has set her will to live a life she can own up to without shame. I LIKE this woman and hope you will as well -- she represents women who fought so my road, the road of all of us now, would be smoother. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ahead of her Time *by V***G on Reviewed in the United States on 16 September 2010* I was very surprised by this book. It was published before women could even vote but it's a smart story of the adventures of a woman who travels the country by train as a skirt saleswoman. I think any woman can identify with Emma as she struggles to make a life for herself and her son, Jock. I had no idea that Edna Ferber won a Pulitzer and also wrote Showboat and Giant. Remarkable woman who created remarkable characters. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/90179115-roast-beef-medium-hardcover-import-7-december-2015](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/90179115-roast-beef-medium-hardcover-import-7-december-2015) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*