LONG DISTANCE and A BUSH LEAGUE HERO EDNA FERBER

Two great short stories from Edna Ferber for your enjoyment.  When you listen to her writing style you begin tom appreciate how much she says with a minimum of words- yet we know her characters and learn her story completely. Few people now recollect Edna Ferber, once a best-selling novelist. Nevertheless she numbered among her champions Somerset Maugham, who in 1948 told playwright Garson Kanin: "I admire Edna Ferber. She's a true professional." To Kanin's inquiry, "What sort of writer would you call her?", Maugham responded: "The best sort. She writes because she must, compulsively. She couldn't not write, if you take my meaning."