The Good Earth The Good Earth The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century. It is the first book in a trilogy that includes "Sons" (1932) and "A House Divided" (1935). It was the best-selling novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932, and was influential in Buck's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. Buck, who grew up in China as the daughter of missionaries, wrote the book while living in China and
Sai Maa distributions to those in need. In 2009 property was purchased at the Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi as the national headquarters for the Trust, and to house the Sathya Sai Maa Moksha Dham Ashram, whose construction began in November 2010. Sai Maa Sai Maa, also known as "Her Holiness Sai Maa" and "Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi", is claimed to be a guru/spiritual master, healer, humanitarian and author. She offers programs throughout North America, Europe and Asia on personal transformation through practical spirituality, self-mastery and energetic healing. In 2007 Sai Maa was honored with the title of Jagadguru ("Guru of the world"),