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Mother (Version 2)

As with Pearl Buck's most famous 1st novel, The Good Earth, this 2nd book also describes peasant life in rural China about 150 years ago--from a woman's close perspective. Life was gruelingly hard. The people were illiterate, superstitious, uneducated, provincial, the culture entirely male dominated. And yet, this book captures the dignity, pleasures, hopes, fears and dreams shared among villagers despite their extreme poverty, and the influence exerted by women over their families. Themes of love, lust, greed, gambling, chauvinism, narcissism, crime, greed, injustice, tyranny, revolution, abortion, etc., are all masterfully woven into the narrative of one unnamed mother's devotion, without a moment of preaching, in this poignantly beautiful masterpiece. (Summary by Michele Fry, BC and Soloist)

Year of Publication: 1934Genres: Culture & Heritage Fiction

Running Time: 07 hours 45 minutes 27 seconds(23 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Michele Fry

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter 1 Michele Fry	26:59
	Chapter 2 Michele Fry	11:16
	Chapter 3 Michele Fry	8:53
	Chapter 4, Part 1 Michele Fry	24:04
	Chapter 4, Part 2 Michele Fry	17:18
	Chapter 5, Part 1 Michele Fry	26:03
	Chapter 5, Part 2 Michele Fry	22:51
	Chapter 6 Michele Fry	14:28
	Chapter 7 Michele Fry	9:05
	Chapter 8 Michele Fry	13:53
	Chapter 9 Michele Fry	26:16
	Chapter 10 Michele Fry	12:45
	Chapter 11, Part 1 Michele Fry	26:00
	Chapter 11, Part 2 Michele Fry	21:08
	Chapter 12 Michele Fry	17:43
	Chapter 13 Michele Fry	14:16
	Chapter 14 Michele Fry	29:18
	Chapter 15 Michele Fry	28:17
	Chapter 16 Michele Fry	31:53
	Chapter 17 Michele Fry	15:47
	Chapter 18 Michele Fry	9:53
	Chapter 19, Part 1 Michele Fry	30:29
	Chapter 19, Part 2 Michele Fry	26:52