Second in the trilogy that began with The Good Earth, Buck's classic and starkly real tale of sons rising against their honored fathers tells of the bitter struggle to the death between the old and the new in China. Revolutions sweep the vast nation, leaving destruction and death in their wake, yet also promising emancipation to China's oppressed millions who are groping for a way to survive in a modern age.

The Mother by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck is a deeply moving novel that explores the strength, resilience, and struggles of a rural Chinese woman facing the challenges of poverty, tradition, and personal loss. Set in pre-revolutionary China, the story follows an unnamed woman, simply known as "the mother," as she endures the hardships of rural life, poverty, and abandonment, while remaining fiercely devoted to her children and the land...