The Pearl Buck Library

The Mother Chapter 13

In which the mother, worn yet steadfast, tends to her family amid the long shadows of loss and ageing, grappling quietly with her blind daughter’s sorrow and the restless spirits of her sons. The household is a fragile balance of love and strife, where unspoken burdens and fierce affections weave through the daily toil and tender hopes for the future.

The Mother Chapter 12

In which a mother, filled with both dread and determination, takes her daughter to the town in search of healing for the girl’s failing sight, confronting harsh words and the unyielding reality of blindness. With a heavy heart, she turns to an ancient temple to seek divine mercy, while the family copes quietly with a sorrow as old as the hills that surround their humble home.

The Mother Chapter 11 Part 2

In which a mother learns of her husband’s death through a cruel letter and struggles with the heavy burden of an unwanted pregnancy, seeking the aid of a trusted cousin to find relief in a quiet, secret way. Amidst her sorrow and physical suffering, she slowly finds strength to care for her children again, drawn back from despair by a tender moment with her daughter and the renewed hope of healing.

The Mother Chapter 11 Part 1

In which the sudden passing of the old woman brings a solemn tide of busyness and bittersweet duty to the household, while the mother wrestles with a secret burden growing within her, both fearsome and lonely. The harvest festival unfolds beneath a brilliant moon, casting a quiet shadow over her heart as her sons dream of a father who has long ceased to come, and she clings to uncertain hope amid the weight of unspoken truths.

The Mother Chapter 10

In which the mother endures the heavy summer heat while tending to her rice seedlings, encountering the landlord’s agent whose presence stirs in her a restless, unexpected longing. She wrestles with her awakening desires beneath the oppressive sky and, drawn by a compelling force, finds herself unable to resist the meeting that awaits her in the shadowed shrine.