Alice Adams
Novel by Booth Tarkington, published in 1921. The story of the disintegration of a lower middle-class family in a small Midwestern town, Alice Adams was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for best novel in 1922.  A social climber, the title character is ashamed of her unsuccessful family. Hoping to attract a wealthy husband, she lies about her background, but she is found out and is shunned by those whom she sought to attract... --The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.