Mother
by Kathleen Norris
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This original and engaging study explores the way in which Colm To ibi n repeatedly identifies and disrupts the boundaries between personal and political or social histories in his fiction. Through this collapsing of boundaries, he examines the cost of broader political exclusions and considers how personal and political narratives shape individual subjects. Each of To ibi n's novels is comprehensively addressed here, as are his non-fiction works, reviews, plays, short stories, and some show more as-yet-unpublished work. The book situates To ibi n not only within his contemporary literary milieu, but also within the contexts of the Irish literary tradition, contemporary Irish politics, Irish nationalism, and theories of psychology, gender, nationalism, and postcolonialism. ?±Costello-Sullivan's meticulous research and extensive bibliography will be valuable to any scholar studying To ibi n's writing, and her thought-provoking interpretations of his novels will generate lively critical discussions.? (Mary Fitzgerald-Hoyt, New Hibernia Review 17, 2013/3) ?±Much work has been done by feminists working in Irish Studies, by scholars exploring LGBTQ literary and cultural studies in the Irish context [...]; Mother/Country is, to my knowledge, the most probing and developed such exploration to date.? (Margot Backus, Irish Literary Supplement 2016) show lessTags
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This is the story of a young woman who has grown up in a large, simple, and rather poor family, and is now embarking on finding what she believes is the true place for a woman: society, success, independence. Her new life "opens her eyes" to the "folly" of women like her own simple mother, who squander their lives in having babies and suffering the dullness and boredom of home life. I don't want to spoil the outcome of the story for you, so let me just say that you MUST read "Mother". It is charming, touching, and beautiful. It will make you laugh and cry at family life! Yes, it's short, but then you can read it over if you want...
I read this because President Theodore Roosevelt sent a copy to someone who wrote to him (according to his autobiography). It was very encouraging! I think every Christian woman should read it!
The book for me to read anytime I need to be reminded about the nobility of motherhood. A delightful story with a mother figure worth emulating in my own life as a mother of a house full of children.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1911
- People/Characters
- Margaret Paget; Mrs. Paget; Mrs. Carr-Boldt; Mr. Paget; Bruce Paget; Julie Paget
- First words
- "Well, we couldn't have much worse weather than this for the last week of school, could we?" Margaret Paget said in discouragement.
- Quotations
- With a sickening thud of her heart, Margaret understood. That was what women did, then, when they denied the right of life to the distant, unwanted, possible little person! Calmly, constantly, in all placid philosophy and s... (show all)elf-justification, they kept from the world--not only the troublesome new baby, with his tears and his illnesses, his endless claim on mind and body and spirit--but perhaps the glowing beauty of a Rebecca, the buoyant indomitable spirit of a small Robert, whose grip on life, whose energy and ambition were as strong as Margaret's own!
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"You said your prayers with Mark last night," she said, reproachfully; "come over and say them with me tonight, Mother."
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- Languages
- English, Swedish
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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