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Mother
by
Linda Ann Rentschler (Goodreads Author)
Mary Sullivan, wife and mother of two teen boys has been mourning the death of her mother for five years. When she meets Cathy, a young salesclerk at a luncheonette in town who suffers the tragic loss of her own mother, Mary befriends her and the two women help each other heal and move forward.
Published
2007
by Madison Park Press
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This book is about Mary, who still grieves the loss of her mother, five years after her death. Mary stays busy in order to cope with her mother's death. She takes care of her family. Mary bakes and cooks. Mary also volunteers to help care for a group of seniors.
One day Mary buys some mints at a luncheonette, but she breaks down and cries over her mother. Cathy, the employee who serves Mary, sits down with Mary so that Mary can gireve the loss of her mother. The next day, Cathy's mother died in...more
One day Mary buys some mints at a luncheonette, but she breaks down and cries over her mother. Cathy, the employee who serves Mary, sits down with Mary so that Mary can gireve the loss of her mother. The next day, Cathy's mother died in...more
When Mary Sullivan goes into a local luncheonette to buy a roll of Life Savers, she’s suddenly reminded of her mother who passed away five years prior. Breaking down in tears, feeling unbelievable grief, she’s comforted by Cathy, the college-age waitress who brings her a cherry Coke and consolation. As the two women talk, Mary feels somewhat cheered, but in the late hours of that night, her doorbell rings with a hysterical Cathy on her doorstep reporting her own mother had just been killed in a...more
Here it is, The Worst Novel Ever Written. I only read it all the way through as a sort of exercise in endurance, and to see how laughably awful the writing could become. Here's the answer: really, really awful.
Rentschler is the Queen of hyperbolic, cheaply emotional scenes populated by cardboard characters from central casting, described in utterly talentless prose, as they act out plotlines that are so unlikely and/or boring that to read them is experience a massive die-off of brain cells. You...more
Rentschler is the Queen of hyperbolic, cheaply emotional scenes populated by cardboard characters from central casting, described in utterly talentless prose, as they act out plotlines that are so unlikely and/or boring that to read them is experience a massive die-off of brain cells. You...more
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When two women are brought together a connection born of grief, they learn more about themselves than they ever expected. Mary is a stay-at-home mom with two teenage boys who is still mourning the loss of her mother after five years. Cathy is a young girl who works at the local luncheonette whose mother dies suddenly as the result of a car accident. These two women meet and end up going on a journey of self-discovery. Each has an approach to grief and life that differs greatly from the other, bu...more
When I used to work at Bookspan (the book of the month club) I got this in the book sale room. I started reading this the winter after I lost my mother. This was a good book. The way it read to me was that it was going to end then it came back.
Not bad, considering the genre. The selfishness of the men was realistic. Brian cracked me up. Felt like a made for TV special.
this book was good to read but had some sad parts to it as well
Great book... You wonder from the start what a mother of 2 has in common with college girl and what is their connection. Other then they both lost their mothers. So worth while reading the end is the best gift ever...
Zinha
Zinha
Jul 19, 2008
Eva Leger
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Eva by:
my grandmother
Shelves:
b-fiction
Well...I can't remember anything about this book except that I really liked it. I'd definitely pick up another book by this author although I'm not going to be looking.
Apr 18, 2008
Melissa
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who are into contacting
Recommended to Melissa by:
Literary Guild Book Club
I actually skim-read this book. I could not get into the characters and the premise of the story didn't work for me. maybe you'll have better luck.
Okay, but not great. Not that big on the all the talking to the dead stuff.
Better than I thought it would be, still not super great.
Mar 02, 2013
Xtîñà
marked it as to-read
Jan 23, 2013
Lana
marked it as to-read
Sep 03, 2012
Lyonsmbox
marked it as to-read
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