Mother & Children

HERE ARE MY CHILDREN--Mona Goodwyn Williams--Mohawk ($2).*

Publishers, who take a chance on nearly every book they publish, this year are taking fewer. Many a book that would have seen yesterday's light will never see today's. A first novel published in this year of grace-under-pressure is warranted worth scrutiny. Such a first novel, and well worth the scrutiny, is Authoress Williams' Here Are My Children.

Momma loved all four of her children, but some of them baffled her. John, the youngest, was a solid citizen and would help raise the family fortunes as soon as he was old enough. Martie was a comfort. But Stephen's poetry made her uneasy; and she was terrified of what pretty Christine would do with herself. Momma wanted the family to stay together. But when Papa, who had lost all his money, tried to commit suicide, everybody realized something had to be done. Martie was first to go. Her job led her into a rich marriage that looked all right on the surface. When Martie's husband got Christine a job in Manhattan Christine soon found there were strings to it, began to realize what was wrong with Martie's marriage Christine fell in love with a man in the office, left it to live with him. Momma knew less & less of what was happening to her children, but she was more & more worried about them. Then Stephen, who stayed unhappily home, drove his car off a bridge. At his death the family were together again and things were clearer: Christine would get married, Martie's husband would do better. Momma, with one child dead and the others gone, breathed more easily, was resigned.

*Published Sept. 26.

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