Gale Forbes Mother's People: A Tale of Courage & Grace Paperback Book

An intimate family story, Mothers People follows three generations of mothers confronted by the unforeseen acts of their children and how each managed her dilemma. Beginning in 1874, Helena, a midwife, and her chambermaid daughter Anna, are expelled from their manor village. They are punished for Annas tryst with a son of the Lord of the Manor and resulting pregnancy. In their exile from Sweden to Germany and subsistence in a tenement, a daughter is born. Anna meets Edward and eventually becomes pregnant again. The new couple take the family to America, where Edward abandons them upon the birth of Lena. The story switches to Annas perspective, now with young Lena being smitten by a gentleman passing through town. Death and disease plague Annas children, beliefs harden, and religion divides siblings. Soon, Anna discovers that the man Lena left home for is not as he appeared. The narrative concludes as Lena, now a forsaken woman, struggles through the Great Depression trying to help her own wayward offspring."Mothers People is an innovative, fascinating piece of historical fiction. This is not typical historical fiction. Its not the life of a wellknown general or politician or movie star or athlete. While on one hand its fiction, it is equally memoir. It takes us back to four generations of women in the authors life ... and what a journey it is! We follow them from Sweden to Germany to New York and finally to Michigan, with their misfortunes, poverty, poor choices, and... | Gale Forbes Mother's People: A Tale of Courage & Grace Paperback Book