num_pages: 304
description: Within this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide with the new ideals of the communist era, this peasant woman must find a balance between them and deal with the consequences.
language: English
title: The Mother
titlecomplete: The Mother
genres: Asia, American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Nobel Prize, Novels, Literature, Classics, China, Fiction
ratings_count: 4463
publisher: Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries