Mrs. Mike
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A classic tale that has enchanted millions of readers worldwide, Mrs. Mike brings the fierce, stunning landscape of the Great North to life—and masterfully evokes the tender, touching moments that bring a man and a woman together forever.
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.
Recently arrived in Calgary, Alberta after a long, hard journey from Boston, sixteen-year-old Katherine Mary O’Fallon never imagined that she could lose her heart so easily—or so completely. Standing over six feet tall, with “eyes so blue you could swim in them,” Mike Flannigan is a well-respected sergeant in the Canadian Mounted Police—and a man of great courage, kindness, and humor. Together, he and his beloved Kathy manage to live a good, honest life in this harsh, unforgiving land—and find strength in a love as beautiful and compelling as the wilderness around them…
***''A love story as tender and romantic as any you will ever read.''--Literary Guild***
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Mrs. Mike is a 1-book series first released in 1947 with contributions by Benedict Freedman and Nancy Freedman.
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Serendipity.
I ran across a copy of Mrs. Mike at a library sale I browsed on my recent trip out west. I'd heard about Mrs. Mike years ago from a reader friend who was an enormous fan of the book, but I'd never run across the book. Until last week.
Mrs. Mike is based on the true story of a sixteen-year-old girl who travels to the Canadian wilderness for her health and meets a rugged Mountie and creates a life for herself there. And what a story it is. There's everything you would want in a story: cold, sickness, fires, trappers, friendship, and love.
I loved it. And it was the perfect read for a Wild West vacation.
I've had this book on my shelf for a solid four years and have just now gotten around to reading it! I really enjoyed it, all but the mostly brief and overly-vivid frontier violence (the two pages of an emergency amputation without painkillers is the one that really got to me). The MC, Katherine, is loosely based on a real woman who went to the north to regain her health at her uncle's home and ended up falling hard for the local Mountie. Only problem was how far into the frontier he actually belonged...at the literal edge of human settlement.
The descriptions of the life are quite excellent and vivid (except for the super gritty details of frontier violence, human and animal) and also each side character shines in vivid colors. Katherine remained my favorite throughout.
18+ for the violence and semi-frequent profanities and swears.
Thanks to netgalley for a free reading copy. A positive review was not required.
