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Audiobook narrated by Kirsten Potter.
In 1907, Katherine Mary O’Fallon is only sixteen when she moves to her uncle’s ranch outside Calgary, Alberta from her home in Boston. She suffers from pleurisy and it is thought the clean air of Canada will be better for her. It’s a very different world from the big city life she is used to, but she finds friendship and love, and eventually marries the local Sergeant of the Canadian Mounted Police, Mike Flannigan. Together they travel much farther north, wh ...more
In 1907, Katherine Mary O’Fallon is only sixteen when she moves to her uncle’s ranch outside Calgary, Alberta from her home in Boston. She suffers from pleurisy and it is thought the clean air of Canada will be better for her. It’s a very different world from the big city life she is used to, but she finds friendship and love, and eventually marries the local Sergeant of the Canadian Mounted Police, Mike Flannigan. Together they travel much farther north, wh ...more
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Kathy comes from Boston to visit her uncle in Alberta, Canada to recover from pleurisy. There she falls in love with and marries a Canadian Mountie, Mike. They are stationed deep in the frontier where Kathy grows strong and falls in love with the land, its people and animals. It is a story of beauty, loss, joy, resilience, community, family and love richly told.
It has been many decades since I first read about Mrs. Mike and her Canadian Mountie. I had forgot ...more
It has been many decades since I first read about Mrs. Mike and her Canadian Mountie. I had forgot ...more
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