Mother of Pearl: Luminous Lessons and
Iridescent Faith
Compiled
by Margaret McSweeney
Non
Fiction
Back of
the book:
Like oysters, women often encounter unexpected grit during their
everyday lives. In response, God’s love and grace covers this grit and
transforms the pain into a precious pearl that leaves a layered, luminous
lining within a shell: Mother of Pearl.
This brilliant luster is strong, lasting, and purposeful—just like the love,
lessons, and legacies left by the special women in our lives.
Mother of
Pearl celebrates the collective iridescence of motherhood. Margaret
McSweeney presents a collection of heartfelt vignettes from authors who
communicate the importance of the unique relationships between mothers and
their children, between granddaughters and grandmothers and between children
and the mother-figures in their lives.
These stories tell of the power of faith, prayer, and values,
exploring coming of age, the joy of becoming a mother, the importance of
motherhood, the ways to heal from a bad relationship with a mother and
weathering the death of a special loved one. Poignant and thought-provoking,
the stories serve to inspire, encourage, instill hope, and strengthen faith.
The proceeds from the sale of Mother
of Pearl will be donated to organizations helping struggling women and
children. The charities include Wings (Women in Need Growing Stronger) to help
fund the Safe House in the Chicago suburbs and to Hands of Hope to help build
wells for schoolchildren in Zambia.
About
Margaret McSweeney:
Margaret is a wife and mother, serves on the Leadership Advisory
Board for Wings (Women in Need Growing Stronger). She is the author of A Mother’s Heart Knows and Aftermath:Finding Grace Through Grief
and coauthor of Go Back and Be Happy,
she also compiled the collection of essays Pearl
Girls.
Visit Margaret online at margaretmcsweeney.com
My
thoughts:
Mother of Pearl
is
a book for women, written by a group of ladies from various backgrounds and
experiences. It is a compilation of short essays about some of the authors’ most
personal experiences as women. Some of my favorite authors like Lis Wiehl,
Robin Jones Gunn, Tricia Goyer and Suzanne Woods Fisher have made very touching
contributions.
Each article is short enough to be read in a couple of minutes. In
fact I carried it around in my purse for a couple of days and would pull it out
when I had a lull and quickly read a piece. One of the little touches that I
like about the book was the brief biographies that were included for each
contributor. Some of the authors were unfamiliar to me and it was nice to read
about who they were.
This would be a wonderful gift for any female. Just tuck it into a
little gift basket and pass it on to that new momma or that sweet older woman
that you admire. They will definitely love it. My copy is going on the night
stand in my guest room. I can’t wait to discuss it with my next visitor!
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