Motherline - Softcover

Rosen, Lisa Cameron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989370100 ISBN 13: 9780989370103

Publisher: Morgan and Dawson Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

You know those days in a family--weddings, funerals, births--when everyone comes together and all that history and garbage fester and boil and sometimes explode? Well, this is one of those days. Maggie is in labor. When the first contractions ripple across her belly, she has no idea what to expect. She knows what she wants. She wants that perfect birth from the movies, with her family gathered around, welcoming her baby, helping her become the perfect mother. More than anything, though, she wants her mother to be there for her, but relationships between mothers and daughters are often complicated. Her husband Sam would do anything for Maggie, but as their families converge on the hospital for this birth, he can't keep the craziness at bay. Through a series of flashbacks, as well as events in the labor room, Maggie digs more deeply into her painful past. Memories bubble to the surface, forcing her to re-examine the tragic accident that killed her baby brother. Relationships between mothers and daughters are often complicated. But in order to learn what it means to be a mother, Maggie finally has to face her own mother, and find a way to both forgive and be forgiven.

About this title

About the Author:

Lisa Rosen is currently a writer and a stay-at-home mom with a bad case of wanderlust. As soon as their teenagers leave the nest, she and her husband intend to take their laptops on the road full-time. In the interim, she lives and writes in North Carolina, where she earned a PhD in literature from the University of North Carolina.

Review:

Lisa Rosen s Motherline is a beautifully written story exploring the deep-rooted angst of first time mother, Maggie Franklin. As Maggie struggles to define that nebulous thing called motherhood, she is forced to examine the complicated and often distant relationship she shares with her own mother. Rosen takes us on an absorbing journey of angst and pain, hope and uncertainty, and ultimately a journey of forgiveness, all woven with vivid, sparkling prose and a fresh, distinctive voice. Barbara Davis, author of The Secrets She Carried --Barbara Davis, author of The Secrets She Carried

Lisa Rosen's Motherline is the most unforgettable depiction of childbirth that I've ever read -- as well as an engaging story of a troubled mother's daughter becoming a mother herself. --Peggy Payne, author of Cobalt Blue, Revelation, and Sister India

Lisa Rosen's Motherline is the most unforgettable depiction of childbirth that I've ever read -- as well as an engaging story of a troubled mother's daughter becoming a mother herself. --Peggy Payne, author of Cobalt Blue, Revelation, and Sister India

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan and Dawson Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0989370100
• ISBN 13: 9780989370103
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264