Mother Country

Good Intentions Collection

By: Etaf Rum

Narrated by: Ariana Delawari

A young Palestinian American woman comes to terms with the lessons imparted by her mother in an evocative story about sacrifice, resilience, and reinvention by the New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man.

A daughter and mother: two women miles, years, and dreams apart. One defies traditions and expectations. The other conforms to them, even in a new land. Their emotional distance grows while the daughter, now a wife and mother herself, comes to better understand the woman she’s become and why, as she ruminates on inherited trauma, the need to forgive, and the lengths she’ll go to free herself from the past.

Etaf Rum’s Mother Country is part of Good Intentions, a riveting collection of stories about the instincts, fears, and fierce love inherent in motherhood from award-winning, bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.

©2023 Etaf Rum. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Enlighten

The honesty of raw emotions from a daughter’s relationship with herself, her mother. Her fight for her own freedom from the pain was inspiring!

Impactful short story

Great exploration of generational trauma and difficult mother-daughter relationship. This short piece told a long story, really moving.

Expectations Are Stifling

Familial and cultural expectations are stifling. This was a very uncomfortable story. Sometimes the only way to define oneself is to be the opposite of someone else.
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My Least Favorite in The Good Intentions Series

So, this installment in the Good Intentions series focuses on how families and family expectations form us. Good and bad. Traditional Palestinian families have a whole different outlook on women, their worth, and what is expected of them. Very sad.

Made me think of my mom

I really loved seeing the empathy this woman has for her mother. To see her hurt and her pain too but still she has her heart open to her mother even tho it’s not easy. What a great healing experience.. good story.