The Exile
Portrait of an American Mother
The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother is Pearl S. Buck's intensely moving memoir of her mother, Caroline (Carrie) Stulting Sydenstricker, who set off to China as the bride of a zealous Presbyterian missionary in 1880. She would spend the rest of her life there, enduring a harsh, isolated existence in the poor, hostile interior of China. She struggled to keep her family safe and healthy, her first three children dying young and the fourth, Pearl, narrowly escaping the same fate. Carrie's husband was often far away preaching, and, even when at home, he was a distant figure whose singular focus on the Work brought hardship to the family. Wit…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78869-049-2
- EAN: 9781788690492
- Produktnummer: 31718826
- Verlag: Eastbridge Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 230 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 360 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 360
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