Mother [Hardcover]

Kathleen Norris (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Macmillan Co (1914)
• ASIN: B000M8Z2GW
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,025,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mother by Kathleen Norris, January 9, 2001

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Joanne Sellner (Savage, MN (USA)) - See all my reviews

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.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The romance genre writer of the war years!reprint!, August 21, 1997

By A Customer

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.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A realistic view of the joys of motherhood, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

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.