Go with the River

By Mary Wright Shaw

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963958607
• ISBN13: 9780963958600
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Palo Alto, CA: Gander Publishing, Inc. 1997
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Revealing the life of an American women

Each line of this book is a distillation of the personal experience of the author. The everyday care and tireless efforts of women such as her make life continue and society function. Like many other foreigners, I came to America with naïve illusions of everyone's prosperity, relatively easy success, and happiness. This book leads the reader through a story of hardships for a family in years difficult for the United States, happiness that one can earn, the wisdom of love, and the gift of giving. Engaging and interesting to read.

A woman's journey on the "river" of life

Inspiring autobiographical account of a woman growing up during the Depression and dealing with unexpected and unpleasant twists on the road to the American dream of the 1950's. The author's descriptive style allows the readers to create their own personal emotional reactions to the scenes - thereby literally sharing the author's life with her readers. The recurring theme of the two things that really matter - birth and death - and how they are dealt with by the author and others - provides perspectives for each of us in how we handle the rapids and shoals of our personal "rivers" of life.

Excellent should be read by all.

A down to earth account of her life. A refreshing look at both our contemporary and yester year world.

Mother Courage

This book is an interesting, compelling story of one woman's courage, as mother, nurse and writer, overcoming obstacles which surround all of us, to make life a symphony of triumph and joy! Read this one...it's true to the bone.