The Mother
by Pearl S. Buck
318 pages~5 hrs
“Her name is forgotten, but her strength is eternal.”
Before the revolution reshaped a nation, one nameless woman stood as the silent foundation of her family, fighting a daily war against hunger and despair. This raw, sweeping portrait of motherhood reveals how the strongest forces in history are often the ones found in the soil and the soul.
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