- Hardcover: 202 pages
- Publisher: The Vision Forum; Revised edition (Jan 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1929241178
- ISBN-13: 978-1929241170
- Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 13.2 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,225,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a difficult age to be a woman. The woman who aspires to raise children for the glory of God, to develop the ministry of the home, or to co-labor with her husband is deemed ''old-fashioned'' or ''unfulfilled.'' The modern lure of independence and career has bewitched an entire generation to exchange the beauty of Christian womanhood for the temporary enticements of a society at war with the family. Amidst this confusion, Kathleen Norris's Mother is a refreshing call to sanity. Mother is the fictional tale of a young lady who leaves home and repudiates family life in the hope of finding personal fulfillment through independence and a career. She decides that home life is a poor choice in the face of life in the big city. But God dramatically changes her heart, and she realizes that wealth and position are illusory and that independence can enslave a young lady. She discovers that the greatest woman she has ever known is her mother. Now she longs for home and for motherhood. After reading this book, one woman wrote, ''As I turned the last page, tears filled my eyes. I knelt by my bed and asked God to forgive me for my bitterness and my unwillingness to trust and obey Him.'' Vision Forum is pleased to offer this restored and revised version of the 1911 classic in the hope that girls will once again aspire to be like their mothers.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Mother by Kathleen Norris, Jan 9 2001
By Joanne Sellner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mother (Hardcover)
This was a very heart-stirring book for me. When I reached the end, I found myself weeping. I subsequently gave the book to a friend, who found it so inspiring that she is afraid to loan it out to others for fear it will get lost and she will no longer have it in her possession. We believe it is a book that all young women should be required to read.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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A realistic view of the joys of motherhood, Sep 16 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mother (Paperback)
I happened on this book in my husband's grandfather's barn. I read it and felt a kinship with the mother depicted in this great story of family life. Motherhood entails small sacrifices that bring great reward. This story will warm and strengthen mothers around the world now as I am sure it did when it was first published.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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The romance genre writer of the war years!reprint!, Aug 21 1997
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mother (Hardcover)
Kathleen Norris, the California author who wrote some 75 novels between the two world wars, was the Danielle Steele of her day. "Mother" was her first novel which celebrated the sacrifice of motherhood, made her an instant celebrity, and earned her a personal visit from then president Theodore Roosevelt. Related to such literary greats as Frank Norris and the Benet family and moving with the prominent authors, musicians, actors,and journalists of the times she nevertheless wrote of women who overcame the odds of poverty, unfortunate marriages and families, and circumstance to find "love, work, and service," Norris' mantra for a happy life. In spite of a real touch with the nuance of romance, wealth and celebrity, Norris always remained true to her Catholic faith and saw life as a series of choices. She believed that there must be real gold beneath the glitter. She received heavy mail from woman who, like her heroines, felt caught in circumstances of life that seemed hopelessly limiting and insufferable. She was a great stylist and scholar. After reading Kathleen Norris other romance writers seem insipid. Her many novels crowd rare and out-of-print stores, but she needs to be revived (she was heavily reprinted in the 70's in paperback).Note: I am referring to the Kathleen Norris that lived between 188? and 1968. There is an author writing currently by that name as well.
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