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Show PRETTY AS HER HEROINES THAT'S MARTHA OSTENSO Her Newest Story Now Appears Serially in This Newspaper. 11, w' , " MARTHA OSTENSO Meeting Martha Ostenso would not be unlike meeting Silver Grenoble, the pretty blonde girl whose problems prob-lems form the basis of "There's Always Another Year," Miss Ostenso's latest novel, which this newspaper now brings to you In serial form. Although she Is only In her early thirties, she has already al-ready written eight successful novels, the first of which won her the Dodd, Mead first novel prize. The author was born in Ostenso township on the Hardangerfjord in Norway, and came to America at the age of two. She learned to speak English In South Dakota, and when the family moved to Canada she began to earn money by writing it for the Manitoba Free Press. Like many reporters she succumbed to the call of New York where she did newspaper work and social service. "Wild Geese," her first novel, was already framed In her mind, and It was not long before she got It on paper and with It won worldwide world-wide recognition. "The Dark Dawn," "The Mad Carews," "Prologue to Love" and others followed It. "There's Always Another Year" has been called a climax of her brilliant bril-liant career. Read every installment install-ment as this story unfolds serially Id these pages. |