'Half Portions' is a collection of short stories written by Edna Ferber. She was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Some of her most well-known works today is her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'So Big'. In this book, a total of nine stories are featured inside, including the following titles: 'Long Distance', 'The Dancing Girls', 'Farmer in the Dell', 'Old Lady Mandle', and 'The Maternal Feminine'.