{"product_id":"the-second-mother-9798894390673","title":"The Second Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003eWidowed at nineteen and determined to secure a future for her young daughter, Margaret Peppers enters training as an Episcopal deaconess, placing her child in the care of her husband's family while she prepares for service in a world on the brink of upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret's path leads far beyond California to mission houses in the Philippines; rural parishes in the Pacific Northwest; Japanese immigrant communities, and even the stark confines of wartime incarceration camps. In orphanages, parish halls, and barracks converted into classrooms, Margaret is a constant in the lives of children whose own families have been fractured by poverty, migration, and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the life Margaret builds in service to other people's children unfolds alongside a quieter, more complicated bond with her own daughter. As the years pass, motherhood takes another shape, and devotion-to God, country, and family-reveals its hidden cost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the real life of Margaret Peppers, The Second Mother is a work of historical fiction that traces one woman's search for purpose across continents and crises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Forge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798894390673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Teresa Di Biase","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537510658229,"sku":"9798894390673","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_efa4b741-8e92-4f97-9198-826028080807.jpg?v=1779169875","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-second-mother-9798894390673","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}