R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 12/12/2016 + 1452 more book reviews

For a long time this book has haunted the back of my mind and until now I did not pick it up. I'm so glad that I did. It's the story of Katherine Mary O'Fallon. I simply must share one statement from the back of the edition I read: "Three people are responsible for Mrs. Mike - Nancy and Benedict Freedman - who wrote it, and Katherine Mary Flanagan, who lived it."

Kathy was a young, idealist teenager when she moved to Canada hoping the move would improve her health. What she found was good health, love and a demanding and beautiful environment. Her experiences were often tragic but were laced with warm memories and blessings. Kathy endured wildfires, disease and war becoming all the stronger for it.

The loss of her beloved children put her into a depressive spin that halted only during a visit home to Boston where she discovered that her heart was with the tall man she married and the kind people who were her Canadian life. It was the little things that mattered rather than the materialistic lives her Boston family and friends lived. Yes, this is an enchanting read but it made me cry when as I read about so many deaths. The pattern that Kathy discovered came with the people she met and lost and those she discovered and cherished. Wonderful, wonderful read.

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