As we come into the 1950s, we find Hildemara back in the TB
Sanitarium. Trip calls Oma Marta, Hildie's mom, to come
help with the house and children so that he can bring
Hildemara home, probably to die. Marta comes to help and
begins to form a special bond with Carolyn, Hildie's
daughter, as she begins caring for the family. Hildie
resents what is happening and determines to get well so
that she can recapture what she feels she is losing. When
she is well enough to care from them herself, she sends
Marta home.
There is a strained relationship between Hildie and Marta,
as well as between Hildie and Carolyn. The special bond
between Oma Marta and Carolyn seems to grow even stronger
with the years, especially when the family moves out of
town and builds a mother-in-law cottage for Marta to live
next to them.
Carolyn's college years in the 60s and early 70s bring
sadness to the family. After her brother Charlie is killed
in Vietnam, Carolyn quits college to protest the war and
gets heavier into drugs and alcohol and sleeping around.
The family doesn't even know where she is. After a couple
of years, Carolyn finds herself at the very bottom and
decides to go home. But trouble comes with her when she
finds that she is pregnant.
Hildie decides that the best thing to do is send her away
to a friend's to stay until she has her baby. Carolyn
resents being sent away just after she has come back home.
Then her baby, May Flower Dawn, proves to be yet another
wall that is erected between mother and daughter. Hildie
completely takes over Carolyn's life and lays out a plan
for her to finish school and get back on her feet. That
plan includes Hildie taking care of May Flower Dawn.
Another special bond is created between grandmother and
granddaughter, yet the wall between Carolyn and Hildie
grows thicker.
As Dawn grows up, marries, and is expecting her first child
after two miscarriages, she is determined not to let
history repeat itself. Can she help bring down the walls
between these generations? Can she help resurrect a bridge
instead to bring Hildie and Carolyn closer together?
The dramatic ending to this epic saga is heartwarming,
inspirational and selfless. You'll be filled with emotion
to the very end. Francine Rivers once again captures
the essence of a time gone by and the intricacies of
relationships.
In the dramatic conclusion to Her Mother's Hope, the Cold
War has begun and Carolyn is struggling to navigate her
shifting family landscape and the changing times. With her
mother, Hildemara, away in a tuberculosis sanatorium,
Carolyn develops a special bond with her Oma Marta. But
when Hildie returns, tensions between she and Marta
escalate, and Carolyn feels she is to blame. College
offers the chance to find herself, but a family tragedy
shatters her independence. Rather than return home, she
cuts all ties and disappears into the heady culture of San
Francisco. When she reemerges two years later, more lost
than ever, only her family can help rebuild a life for her
and her daughter, May Flower Dawn. Just like Carolyn, May
Flower Dawn develops a closer bond with her grandmother,
Hildie, than with her mother, causing yet another rift
between generations. But as Dawn struggles to avoid the
mistakes of those who went before her, she vows that
somehow, she will be a bridge between her mother and
grandmother rather than the wall that separates them
forever. Spanning the 1950s to the present day, Her
Daughter's Dream is the final chapter of an unforgettable
epic family saga about the sacrifices every mother makes
for her daughter-and the very nature of unconditional love.
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