A Remarkable Mother
by Jimmy Carter
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Author: Jimmy CarterEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Book Review: A heartfelt biography from a prolific President
Summary: 5 Stars
It's clear from the very opening of "A Remarkable Mother" how deeply Jimmy Carter loves his mother, and the book comes across as a very warm, affectionate, and loving tribute that avoids becoming a hagiography of Miss Lillian. By turns Miss Lillian is tough, outspoken, loving, and complex; quite different from the stereotype of women of her era. What emerges is how great an influence Miss Lillian was on shaping all of her children's character, and with Jimmy especially his sense of social justice and political ambition. What is most interesting is Carter's style of prose. It's so very conversational it sounds as though he's sitting in the room with you, relaying stories from the heart and he pulls in conversations with friends and family about their remembrances of Miss Lillian. Carter touches on virtually every facet of Lillian Carter's life: her courtship with her husband Jimmy Sr., her marriage, her many careers, her widowhood, and in the process Jimmy Carter's political rise, fall, and rehabilitation. And Jimmy doesn't sugarcoat anything about his mother. While it is a reverential book it is warts-and-all, touching on her outspokenness that sometimes got her and son Jimmy into some hot water or made her the butt of jokes. In the end it was Lillian's own humility and outspokenness that kept Jimmy honest and humble.
What emerges is a portrait of how extraordinary Lillian Carter was for her age. At a time when most married women were homemakers, Lillian was working as a nurse and health care provider, and she explains why without pulling any punches. And much of her work was often volunteer work, as well as long hours, sometimes as much as 20 hours a day, evidence of a selflessness of character that would be imprinted on her son Jimmy. Her strong principled stand against segregation in the time of Jim Crow marked her as being quite different from most women in South Georgia of the era; proof she was no ordinary woman. In some ways Lillian Carter is almost akin to an American version of Mother Teresa; albeit one who drank bourbon and loved to watch wrestling on television. It is her boundless intelligence, wit and humor, wisdom, and charm that emerge, along with her passion for public service and selflessness. "A Remarkable Mother" is equal parts love and devotion mixed with inspiration and a sense that you too can aspire to do more.
Summary of A Remarkable Mother
A Remarkable Mother is President Carter's loving, admiring, wry homage to Miss Lillian Carter, who championed the underdog always, even when her son was president.A registered nurse, pecan grower, university housemother, Peace Corps volunteer, public speaker, and renowned raconteur, Miss Lillian ignored the mores and prejudices of the racially segregated South of the Great Depression years. She was an avid supporter of the Brooklyn Dodgers (because she happened to attend the first major league baseball game in which Jackie Robinson, from Cairo, Georgia, played), was a favored guest on television talk shows (usually able to "steal the microphone" from hosts such as Johnny Carson and Walter Cronkite), and an important role model for the nation. Jimmy Carter's mother emerges from this portrait as redoubtable, generous, and forward-looking. He ascribes to her the inspiration for his own life's work of commitment and faith.
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