Mrs Mike and The Search for Joyful Author:Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman Mrs. Mike is the love story of Katherine Mary O'Fallon, a young Irish girl from Boston, and Sergeant Mike Flannigan of the Canadian Mounted Police, who is priest doctor, and magistrate to all in the great Canadian wilderness area under his supervision. — In the sequel, The Search for Joyful, Mrs. Mike's dear friend O Be Joyful dies in a flu epide... more »mic. Mrs. Mike Flanigan opens her home-and her heart-to her orphaned child, Kathy Forquet. But as the terrors of World War II drew closer, Kathy decided to leave this familiar home to do her part and become a nurse. Out in the world, her life fills with drama and excitement as she meets two very different men. And as she learns about herself and the world beyond her hometown, she searches for the elusive prize she has sought for so long: the meaning of true joy.« less