I have thought Mother Earth is same with Toprak Ana movie which is a Turkish movie. They are similar but not same. After reading book, I watched the movie again. Both of them are guite fascinating. They make me cry.
Tolgonay is an Kirghiz woman who works as a farmer with her 3 sons, a daughter-in-law and husband. One day, an unexpected message is delivered them. All men of the country have to attend to military service. War was beginning.
Tolgonay and her daughter-in-law live together for a long time with hope. They plant the seeds and suffer from war.
You may feel the war in your mind, hearth and all body when you read the book.