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Příběh mateřídoušky
Author: Miriam Blahová
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During a crisis in her marriage, Anna returns with her three-year-old son to her mother's home in Horní Lomná, in the Jablunkov region. A bag of wild thyme in the family cottage leads her toward traces of her great-grandmother Věra's life. Miriam Blahová links contemporary relationship questions with family memory and the history of the Czech-Polish border region.
A second storyline reaches back to the first half of the twentieth century. Věra wants to educate children and decide her own future, despite resistance from those around her. Emotional choices, social change, and complicated borderland relationships shape her life. Decades separate the two women, but both seek a future of their own. Exploring family history allows Anna to view the questions of the present in a new light.
This Czech-language edition, published under the Motto imprint, has 272 pages. E-book formats: EPUB, PDF, and MOBI.
During a crisis in her marriage, Anna returns with her three-year-old son to her mother's home in Horní Lomná, in the Jablunkov region. A bag of wild thyme in the family cottage leads her toward traces of her great-grandmother Věra's life. Miriam Blahová links contemporary relationship questions with family memory and the history of the Czech-Polish border region.
Book information
- Author
- Miriam Blahová
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Motto
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- historický romantický román, rodinný román
- ISBN
- 978-80-267-2610-4
- Publication date
- 16. February 2024
- Pages
- 272
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-267-2614-2) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-267-2613-5) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-267-2615-9)
What is Příběh mateřídoušky about?
A second storyline reaches back to the first half of the twentieth century. Věra wants to educate children and decide her own future, despite resistance from those around her. Emotional choices, social change, and complicated borderland relationships shape her life. Decades separate the two women, but both seek a future of their own. Exploring family history allows Anna to view the questions of the present in a new light.
Themes and motifs
Family memory
Anna follows traces of the past to discover her great-grandmother's life.
Women's independence
Věra seeks to live on her own terms despite the expectations of her time.
The Czech-Polish border region
Regional history and tensions influence the characters' possibilities.
Love and decisions
Both timelines explore the cost of personal choices.
Setting
Horní Lomná and the Jablunkov region in the present and the first half of the twentieth century.
Main characters
Anna
A woman facing a marriage crisis who uncovers her family's past.
Věra
Anna's great-grandmother, who wants to teach children and determine her own life.
Who is this book for?
For readers of Czech family sagas, romantic historical fiction, and stories set in the Czech-Polish border region.
Book context
Miriam Blahová returns to the Jablunkov region across her novels. Příběh mateřídoušky has also been published as an audiobook.
Otázky o knihe
Who wrote Příběh mateřídoušky?
Miriam Blahová.
How many timelines does it contain?
Two: Anna's present-day story and her great-grandmother Věra's life in the first half of the twentieth century.
Where is the story set?
In the Jablunkov region, especially Horní Lomná.
Is there an audiobook edition?
Yes, the title has also been published as an audiobook.
What are this e-book's edition details?
This Czech-language Motto edition has 272 pages and comes in EPUB, PDF, and MOBI formats.
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