The MotherWithin this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor Chinese woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide with the new ideals of the communist era, this peasant woman must find a balance between them and deal with the consequences. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 54
Page 30
... seemed , and so seemed that they bought the best coffin they could and set there ready , the young mother was truly glad when the old woman clung to her life and came back to it for a while longer . Yes , even though the hardy old ...
... seemed , and so seemed that they bought the best coffin they could and set there ready , the young mother was truly glad when the old woman clung to her life and came back to it for a while longer . Yes , even though the hardy old ...
Page 108
... seemed a usual common thing to bear a child , and a thing to be done again and again , but now it seemed a joy she had not seen was joy until now , and her loneliness came over her like a pain and her breasts ached when she thought of ...
... seemed a usual common thing to bear a child , and a thing to be done again and again , but now it seemed a joy she had not seen was joy until now , and her loneliness came over her like a pain and her breasts ached when she thought of ...
Page 150
... seemed as if the thing she would not think of now , the memory of an hour she drove into her secret places , busying herself and glad to be so busy , it seemed as if this waiting memory made her kind and eager to be spent for these who ...
... seemed as if the thing she would not think of now , the memory of an hour she drove into her secret places , busying herself and glad to be so busy , it seemed as if this waiting memory made her kind and eager to be spent for these who ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
anger angry asked babe bamboo beast blind maid bought bowl breast brother cabbage caught chil child cloth coat cousin's wife cried daugh dead door dren earthen floor elder eyes face father fear fell felt fetch field garments girl gone goodwife gossip grain grew hamlet hand hard hear heard heart heat JOHN DAY knew labor land laughed letter lips looked loved marriage merry mother answered mother rose never night old mother old soul old woman once poor rice seemed sheaves silent silver silversmith sleep slept smiled smooth somehow son's wife sorrow stared stood strange stuff suddenly swear tell thing thought told took town turned voice waited water buffalo wayside inn weary weep wept wind woke women young younger