Project Gutenberg 2008-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 160 Stringer, Arthur 1874 1950 Becher, Arthur E. 1877 1960 Becher, A. E. (Arthur E.) The Prairie Mother Produced by Audrey Longhurst, ronnie sahlberg and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Prairie Mother" by Arthur Stringer is a novel written in the early 20th century. This story introduces a prairie woman navigating the challenges of motherhood and marriage while dealing with her husband’s struggles during a time of hardship and economic downturn. It centers around the character of Tabbie, the titular Prairie Mother, who faces the unpredictable hardships of life on the edge of civilization, accompanied by her growing family and the complexities of her husband's ambitions. The opening of the novel presents Tabbie's experience in a hospital as she undergoes the trials of childbirth, where she gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl. The scenes highlight her tumultuous emotions, fluctuating between joy and anxiety over the challenges of motherhood and her husband Duncan's absence. As the story unfolds, Tabbie deals with her new responsibilities as a mother of three, the lonely life on the prairie, and the financial struggles that impact their situation, particularly with the arrival of Duncan's cousin, Lady Alicia, which complicates their lives further. The narrative captures the essence of resilience in the face of adversity, showcasing the difficult yet rewarding journey of a prairie mother striving to create a harmonious family life against all odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canada -- Fiction Family life -- Fiction Married people -- Fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- Prairie Provinces -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 513495 513518 2024-09-11T07:45:28.223978 2023-09-11T10:55:34.500027 text/html text/html 534694 2021-01-03T20:40:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 294875 2021-01-03T20:40:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313639 2024-09-11T07:45:34.985915 application/epub+zip 322367 2024-09-11T07:45:29.156983 application/epub+zip 233114 2024-09-11T07:45:28.684955 application/epub+zip 498737 2024-09-11T07:45:40.089879 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423147 2024-09-11T07:45:34.462930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334392 2022-09-12T07:28:39.562850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455320 455094 2024-09-11T07:45:27.180968 2023-09-11T10:55:33.664020 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 455174 2021-01-03T20:40:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 179155 2021-01-03T20:40:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 455168 2021-01-03T20:40:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 179098 2021-01-03T20:40:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21814 2024-09-11T07:45:40.237864 application/rdf+xml 7826 2024-09-11T07:45:28.775949 image/jpeg 1197 2024-09-11T07:45:28.730938 image/jpeg 293240 2024-09-11T07:45:28.279941 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia