Showing results for "Mama" in Historical Fiction

Alicia Woodman was born into a home that should have been filled with comfort and joy. Her mother Elizabeth was bright and vivacious, Humphrey Woodman was a prosperous businessman. But Alicia was not Humphrey’s child and he would have nothing to do with her, and before long Elizabeth, too, turned her back on her daughter. It was left to Polly Ford, widow of a dock labourer, to bring Alicia up, to teach her to say ‘Yes, Mama’ and to give the child the love she so desperately needed.

"Mama hat was Süßes. Und was Bitteres. Ihr Leben war süß, ihr Leben war bitter. Ihr Leben war arm, ihr Leben war unendlich reich." Andrea Wolfmayr legt hier ein Buch der Liebe vor... aber nicht nur der Liebe. Denn ganz so einfach lässt sich ein Buch, das eine Tochter für (oder über) ihre Mutter schreibt, nicht auf dieses eine Wort reduzieren. Es ist darüber hinaus auch ein Buch der Wut, der Trauer und des Entsetzens. Über den Tod und über das Leben. Der einzig richtige Titel für dieses Buch kann deshalb nur "MAMA!!" lauten. Mit zwei Rufzeichen.

“MAMA” is an emotionally charged drama-thriller set against the backdrop of the George Floyd protestsand civil unrest in Minneapolis, 2020. The story follows four interconnected lives: Arturo, a reformed gang member seeking peace for his daughter; Mariah, a young law student whose viral video of Floyd’s murder sparks global outrage; Kassandra, the estranged daughter of Minneapolis’ District Attorney torn between loyalty and justice; and Saabir, a conflicted Somali-American caught between his moral compass and his family’s survival.

Brookeside, England, 1822 Jemma fielding has always considered herself an independent woman, but to honor her beloved grandmother’s dying wish, she makes a promise that she will marry and fall in love. To fulfill her promise, she turns to the Matchmaking Mamas Society for assistance and is paired with the charming Mr. Bentley. Though he is everything Jemma could hope for in a match, she is clueless about how to win his heart. Desperate to make a good impression, she seeks guidance from her dearest friend, Miles Jackson, a humble rector with a talent for understanding matters of the heart.

Ian has vowed never to marry, steadfast in his resolve to shield himself from the heartache his father’s infidelity brought upon his mother. Instead, he dedicates his heart and soul to reforming criminal law with his Rebel group. A chance encounter in a country graveyard with the infuriatingly bold Miss Amie Tyler only solidifies his resolve to remain single. That is, until his life descends into chaos when rumors of his engagement force him and the vexing Miss Tyler into a calculated marriage.

Louisa Cox is tired of fortune hunters pursuing her dowry. So when Lady Kellen offers to help her find an eligible suitor, Louisa accepts and makes a list of what she wants in a husband. The man selected is barrister Paul Sheldon. He has one thing in his favor: he is unaware of her fortune. What Louisa did not anticipate was his curious behavior—or being so attracted to him. When Paul catches wind of the matchmaking organization his mother and her friends are establishing, he pities the fellow who will be caught in their scheme—until he realizes he is to be their first victim.

Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer's quest to find her "mama bone", after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own but instead is the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and neighbor, a woman she calls "sister". When her husband drinks himself to death, Sarah, a dirt-poor homemaker with no family to rely on and the note on the farm long past due, must find a way for her and young Emerson Bridge to survive.

1966, Drum's Crossroad, North Carolina. Court-ordered desegregation is about to sweep over the lives of the town's citizens, white and black. Tensions are rising, and trouble is sure to follow. Mama Kodo, a mysterious, seemingly ageless black woman who dwells in a shack deep in the woods just outside town, is waiting. Soon, she will do what only she can: work her magic as the town teeters on the edge of something made of hatred, power, and vengeance.

The free Black community of Weeksville, Brooklyn becomes home to an unusually small boy and his mother who fled Manhattan during New York's draft riots. When his mother succumbs to her injuries, the boy swears revenge against everyone and everything that contributed to her death. His diminutive size and acrobatic climbing abilities make him a spectacle to behold, while his awkward social habits make him an outcast to everyone in Weeksville, except the adopted family he swears to protect.

Es geht auch andersrum! Um seiner Frau bei ihrer Karriere in einem DAX-Konzern den Rücken frei zu halten, schlüpft der ehemalige ARD-Reporter, WDR-Redakteur und Grimme-Preisträger Matthias Veit nach der Geburt der gemeinsamen Tochter in die klassische "Mutterrolle". Ein geregelter Job in Teilzeit macht es möglich. So taucht der Rheinländer (geboren in Köln, freiwillig wohnhaft in Düsseldorf) ein in die Welt der Kitas, Kinderkrankheiten und Erziehungskämpfe, während die Ehefrau selbst nach Feierabend noch Controllerin bleibt.