Amor de Mãe

About the Book

“Amor de Mãe” is a little story written by Maria Lucília Tiago Tome about her a mother and her 3 siblings. It talks about an episode that happened while the mother, a small town farmer, into the fields to collect some firewood. While the kids were playing and throwing rocks into a well, she collected wood. Upon hearing what it sounded like a kid jumping into the well, she, without thinking, jumped into the well to “save her child”. The story ends with the kids looking down into the well, wondering why their mother was in there.

About the Author

Maria Lucília Tiago Tomé da Silva, was born in Figueiró da Serra, Gouveia, Portugal.
After earning a scholarship to purse her studies past grade school, she moved to Costa da Caparica, Portugal.
It was while in school that she wrote this little story.
She moved to the United States of America in 1976.
She is married, has two children and two grandchildren.
She currently lives in the Providence, RI area.