HER MOTHER’S HOPE
Book ID/图书代码： 06820009B32783
English Summary/英文概要：
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 暢銷基督教小說Redeeming Love 作者近期新作！
本書為《馬莎的遺產》兩本系列書中第一本，《母親的寄託》探討的是老婦瑪塔和女兒西德馬拉‧玫瑰之間複雜難解的家庭關係。
在第一次世界大戰前夕，充滿熱情的瑪塔離開瑞士和艱困的童年生活，決定憑一己之力尋找新生。
從瑪塔十幾歲起，毀滅性損失的巨大夢靨總是纏繞著她，也正因此，刺激了她期許自己有天要開一家酒店的遠大抱負。
從法國家政學校擁擠的宿舍到以肖像陪襯的英式豪華古宅禮堂，瑪塔成為一個勤奮努力的家傭，忙到不再有作夢的時間。就在此時，她遇見了尼可拉斯‧沃爾特，一個讓她可以下定決心建構一個更美好的生活的新的憧憬。
尼克拉斯擄獲了她的芳心，於是他們一起忍受加拿大上的溫尼伯湖市遼闊大草原上嚴厲的佃農生活。先前編織的美國夢：遷徙到農業富裕的加州中央谷，結婚、生子的期望同時帶來了歡愉與心碎；為了丈夫與子女，瑪塔必須完全向她長久以來的夢想屈服，而她的女兒西德馬拉‧玫瑰，便成了她所有的希望傾注之處。
唯有強者才能生存，瑪塔決定培養一個和她ㄧ樣能幹的女兒。但當西德馬拉慢慢長大後，另一場戰爭卻臨近了，母親的期望成為她難以負荷的重擔。帶著一顆想為他人服務的心，西德馬拉背負著想成為一名護士的天職，這是她的母親所不能理解的。母親專制的教育使得西德馬拉內心渴求著母愛，和母親對她所從事職業的尊重。
隨後，西德馬拉墜入愛河並開始組織自己的家庭。她希望她的女兒卡羅琳不要質疑她的愛，但是生命的挑戰卻與她的冀望背離，而此時，唯一能幫助她的只有那個她一直難以取悅的：她的母親，瑪塔。
弗朗辛‧瑞佛斯以她獨特的個人特色、巧妙的散文風格和扣人心弦的筆法，寫出一個豐富且感人的—關於信念和夢想的史詩：心痛和絕望，以及最終極頑強的毅力和愛。(SL)
Awards/获奖情况：Redeeming Love是基督教書商協會最暢銷書籍之ㄧ，
連續在基督教暢銷書排行榜位居近十年。
Praise for Her Mother’s Hope!:
* “Swiss‐born Marta Schneider was her Papa’s least favored child, and his abuse pushes her to leave home and achieve great things, first in nearby Interlaken, later in England, then Canada, and finally in California, where she and her German husband, Niclas, settle down to raise their four children in the lull between the two world wars. Niclas is a godly and trusting man with a university degree who nonetheless has a powerful desire to work the soil. So it falls to shrewd and ambitious Marta to protect them all from greedy and unscrupulous folk who would take advantage. Romance Writers of America Hall of Famer Rivers’eagerly anticipated, first full-length Christian novel since 2003 is an emotionally rich exploration based loosely on her own family history as it follows worl events through the first half of the twentieth century. The first in a two-part saga about four women, Rivers’ novel will appeal to readers who enjoy historical fiction and sweeping family sagas with exotic settings. As her compelling characters seek to do what they feel their faith demands, Rivers sets their resonant struggles against dusty streets, windswept Canadian plains, and California vineyards in vivid scenes readers will not soon forget.”---Booklist ***Starred Review***
“Romance Hall of Famer Rivers (Redeeming Love) returns with her first full‐length novel since 2003 with this two‐generation saga of a mother and daughter, the first of two parts. Ambitious, strong‐willed Marta Schneider leaves her home in rural Switzerland at the beginning of the 20th century. She’s determined to flee her abusive father, loving but weak mother, and the constraints placed on women. Meeting interesting characters all along her journey, she works her way to Canada. There she buys a boardinghouse and meets her match in Niclas Waltert, a German engineer with a farmer’s heart. Through Marta’s sharp elbows and the sweat of Niclas’s brow, the family eventually arrives at an increasingly comfortable life in California’s Central Valley. The second half of the story, told from the point of view of constitutionally timid daughter Hildemara Rose, is less deeply imagined. So many events happen as history rapidly unrolls in the background that the narrative feels too much like an outline for a Lifetime TV offering about a couple buffeted by the winds of WWII. Writers like Rivers are why people buy Christian fiction: it’s dramatic, engaging, and acknowledges the bedroom without going inside. This well‐told tale will have readers eagerly awaiting the story’s resolution.”---Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： 弗朗辛‧瑞佛斯在美國雷諾市的華達大學開啟了她的文學生涯，取得了英語文學和新聞學士學位。從1976年到1985年，她在擁有一個市面上成功的職業，她的作品，獲得或被提名為眾多獎項。
雖然在一個虔誠的家庭中成長，弗朗辛卻不曾真正地被基督感召過，直到她成為一個妻子、三個小孩的母親和撰寫浪漫小說的小說家。不久後，她在1986年成為一個重生的基督徒，並寫了Redeeming Love來宣示她的信仰
Redeeming Love首次在Bantam Books出版，且在1990年中在Multnomah Publishers再版。何西阿的戈默在加州淘金熱時期的聖經故事重述被許多人喻為是基督教經典小說。Redeeming Love是基督教書商協會最暢銷書籍之ㄧ，且連續在基督教暢銷書排行榜位居近十年。
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