Pearl S. Buck
The Mother
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Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Life is difficult for The Mother, with a household of husband and children, when her crone of a mother-in-law comes to live with them. It is…
The Mother (Version 2)
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Read by Michele Fry
As with Pearl Buck's most famous 1st novel, The Good Earth, this 2nd book also describes peasant life in rural China about 150 years ago--fr…