Mother Time Part One eBook Louise Herman
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Mother Time is a collection of linked stories that follow a sequence from daughter to mother to grandmother, backwards in time, for thirty generations.
PART ONE includes the first six links in the chain
Pip prepares to give birth at the start of the new millennium.
Karen protests the Vietnam War and rebels against her own family.
Eliza faces truths about her aviator brother, killed in World War II.
Beatrice leaves a summer idyll in 1927 for an unexpected adventure.
Elizabeth defies her autocratic grandmother.
Sophie elopes and seeks her fortune in 1870s Chicago.
PART TWO and PART THREE continue the chain, beginning with Sophie’s mother, back six centuries to the medieval England of plague and pilgrimage.
Mother Time Part One eBook Louise Herman
Whereas the individual stories are good, each has a very abrupt end, no ending, just ends. The book overall is disjointed and there is no actual tie in to either the proceeding or the following stories, except occasional character reference. The reader is left wanting more, some connection. I do not recommend these books.Product details
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Mother Time Part One eBook Louise Herman Reviews
I received a free electronic copy of this complete history, parts 1, 2 and 3, from Louise Herman and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you so much for sharing your work with me.
This is truly an exceptional look through history. Louise Herman has obviously spent years studying the history of England, most especially daily life as it pertains to women and mothers and the lives they lived, ranging back through each generation for 700 years. And she is willing to share this knowledge with us in a book of linked short stories. She takes us, one mother at a time, from Pip, due to deliver her child on New Year's Eve, 2000, to the Prioress at the Jefford Priory, who chooses to raise the foundling Hildegarde in the year 1300. Because this is a family tree, many of the characters extend into several parts of the time line, bringing a continuity that binds us to this tale, making these folk part of our own story.
I would recommend Mother Time to anyone curious about their own heritage, interested in what made up the daily life of their ancestors, anyone curious about history as it evolved around families. Be prepared for a marathon read - this is one you will not want to put down. I plan to read it again, starting with Hildegarde this time, and working back to Pip....
I received a copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Mother Time is the genealogy of 30 generations of strong and not so strong women. The chronology begins with Pip, who lives in modern day Boston, and goes backwards in time all the way to medieval England , ending with Hildegard in the 1300s.
The women of the 20th and 21st centuries are strong-willed fighters who wish to stand up for civil rights of all kinds and anti war movements. As we travel further back in time, we see the ladies as they wade through other historical events and how they respond to these tragedies and triumphs.
Some of the genealogical accounts were extremely interesting and showed how women suffered at the hands of their parents, their husbands, and the oppression of the world around them. But many seem to just be glimpses of life as it was during their respective time periods. Without any controversy or conflict I was wishing for it to hurry up and end.
The further back in time the author went, the better it got. It talked more about a time when having a child without a husband was an embarrassment to your family, you could be sent away, spurned love, death, plague, and more. Their lives were very short, they married at extremely young ages, 12 and 13, to men twice and sometimes 3 times their ages, and it was treated more like a business arrangement between fathers than any sort of true love. This often condemned both parties to lives of great misery.
I think the book would've been better if the accounts were more connected. As it is, the whole thing was very disjointed and hard to follow how they were related. The snap shots captured never really come together to give you a true portrait of this family. With that said, there were some very tragic characters that my heart really went out to, especially the ones treated so poorly by the men they so desperately loved and had given themselves to.
You could categorize this story as historical fiction, but oftentimes it read more like a dry history book than fiction. It has lots of potential but it needs to be more cohesive and the characters need to be more developed considering this is such a character driven story. I give this one a 3 out of 5.
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To the extent that one could consider a book of near death experiences, grave illnesses, and medical mishaps interesting, this memoir surpasses all expectations. In addition to being extremely well-written, it is also a "How To" of medical self-advocacy. In this respect, it is a comprehensive guide for those readers who need to be hospitalized and for those seeking a new healthcare provider.
Through pain, weakness, accidents, injury, and diseases, the author, Temple Emmet Williams, never lost his wry sense of humor or his hope of recovery. He shares some very personal information with us, information that most would be loath to impart to strangers, which is to his credit because he is also a truthful warrior and professional writer who obviously believes in imparting the whole story, despite the embarrassment it may have been for him. Towards the end of the book, the author lists seventeen "Common sense rules in all Warrior Patient battles." These rules are references to the chapters in which they appear--sort of a mini-summary. I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with all of them, and at one time or another, have mentioned some of them to family and friends. While Mr. Williams rules should be obvious to all patients, unfortunately this is not the case; many unenlightened people choose healthcare providers and/or hospitals by proximity rather than perfection.
Thanks to Mr. Williams, this can change--at least for those who read this book--and they can protect themselves and their loved ones by holding all healthcare personnel responsible for their actions or for lack of same.
Definitely a five star rating!
Phyllis Eisenstadt
Very interesting linked stories about women at different times in history.
I was bored after a while and quit reading it.
Wonderful stories. I only lost track a couple of times. Would recommend this to mothers and anyone else who generations of mothers still in the family.
Whereas the individual stories are good, each has a very abrupt end, no ending, just ends. The book overall is disjointed and there is no actual tie in to either the proceeding or the following stories, except occasional character reference. The reader is left wanting more, some connection. I do not recommend these books.
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