- Hardcover: 355 pages
- Publisher: Station Hill Press (May 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0882681478
- ISBN-13: 978-0882681474
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 848 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,555,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Captivating archetypal characters dramatize the everyday magic of self-discovery in a work as intriguing as Cunningham's previous novel, The Return of the Goddess . Alchemy professor Adam Underwood lives with his mother and his children in a walled mansion ringed by the mysterious "Empty Land," a region inhabited by the descendents of Lilith, the first woman. One of those descendants, also named Lilith, is the mother of Adam's children, and the professor plans to use their daughter to re-possess her. Lilith is caught in Adam's trap and begins to die; though immortal, she cannot survive captivity. The series of events triggered by this wild mother's imprisonment changes all of the characters forever; Cunningham's simple, powerful narrative shows them growing believably and inevitably as a result of the choices they and others make. Like most fables, the story has a moral: self-knowledge is life and growth; all of us spend far too little time pursuing it. Though not without flaws--Adam's complete blindness to the wild mother's needs being one of them--this is a beguiling tour de force.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Once upon a time, a professor of Alchemy went into the Empty Land, where he seduced and was seduced by the wild Lilith, direct descendant and namesake of the first woman. He brought her back to his land and tried to tame her; they had a daughter and, four years later, a son, the first boy ever born to a wild woman. But Lilith realized the Professor was destroying her powers and escaped to rejoin her own people. As the novel opens, six years have passed; Lilith has communicated with her daughter through dreams and now returns to take the girl with her. Cunningham, author of The Return of the Goddess (Station Hill, 1992), spins a wondrous tale that questions conventional definitions of beauty, culture, and freedom. Her book stands strongly among such classics of feminist fantasy as Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon ( LJ 12/15/82) and Dorothy Bryant's The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You (Random, 1976).
- Debbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati Technical Coll.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Debbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati Technical Coll.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: The Wild Mother (Paperback)
I could not put down this book. Cunningham has a most magical way of making the veil between the story and characters of her tale and the huge archetype--in this case the 1st woman, Lilith--absolutely transparant. But she does this without turning her characters or their struggles into cartoons. Everything here is real, and larger than life simultaneously. Especially if you are a woman, and you wish to re-member your wild, pre-patriarcal roots, Elizabeth Cunningham will, I hope be as great a powerhouse experience for you, as she has been for me.
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Wild Mother,
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This review is from: The Wild Mother (Paperback)
I could not put this book down. Usually I only read on the bus to and fro work, but I found myself reading this at dinner and staying up to read before bed.The imagery was beautiful and the character development honest and believable...I want to read everything by this author now!
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A must read for all!,
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This review is from: The Wild Mother (Paperback)
Originally, I had taken A Wild Mother out of the library. Read it in 2 days. Then I bought the book so I could read it again. Elizabeth Cunningham is wonderful. Read & bought her other book - Return of the Goddess as well. Her books speaks to that wildness in all women and makes them feel free.
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