The Four Mom By Ronald Emerick
Ronald Emerick earned his Ph.D in English at University of Pittsburgh. He teaches American Fiction, Southern Writers and Technical Writing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
All four mothers hold in common the experience of being a victim; as a result, they, like most traditional Chinese mothers, try to prepare their daughters for survival in harsh times… Such failures to communicate occur throughout the novel and result in frustration for the mothers, who believe that their daughters do not properly honor and obey them, and exasperation for the daughters, who lose respect for their mothers and rebel against them. (Emerick) Each mother-daughter relationship is controlled by sorrow. All four mothers worked hard to provide prosperity
All four mothers hold in common the experience of being a victim; as a result, they, like most traditional Chinese mothers, try to prepare their daughters for survival in harsh times… Such failures to communicate occur throughout the novel and result in frustration for the mothers, who believe that their daughters do not properly honor and obey them, and exasperation for the daughters, who lose respect for their mothers and rebel against them. (Emerick) Each mother-daughter relationship is controlled by sorrow. All four mothers worked hard to provide prosperity