Book Launch: Sons and Mothers: Stories from Mennonite Men

Sons and Mothers: Stories from Mennonite Men, edited by Mary Ann Loewen. University of Regina Press. Presentations by local contributers Paul Tiessen, John Rempel, Howard Dyck, Andrew C. Martin

In Sons and Mothers, Mennonite men write about their mothers, and speak of the often close, but sometimes troubled, relationships that exist between mothers and sons. The collection includes stories of migration and its ripple effect on the next generation, of mothers whose idealistic notions of faith cause rifts, of aging mothers who resist moves to care homes, of mothers who live their dreams vicariously through their sons.

Sons of all ages and a variety of upbringings reflect on the relationships they had with their mothers. But they also show readers who their mothers were as younger women, and who they are today.

A book that speaks to the Mennonite community but also draws on universal themes, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to delve deeper into this fundamental relationship.

Sponsored by Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies

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