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Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1)

Benedict Freedman,

Nancy Freedman

Start date: June 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

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Jun 11, 2021 Moonkiszt rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure-seeking-consequences, death-grief-loss-processing, a-mighty-act-of-persuasion, violence-to-communities, comin-of-age, out-in-nature, violence-to-individuals, indigenous-peoples, mother-child-connundrum, setting-is-a-character

My copy of Mrs. Mike was my mother's, given to her by her mother around the time of her wedding . . .she passed it along to me when I was PG with #1 as one of her favorite books. I have read it many times, and enjoy it probably more for the physical book that it is, as the story it contains. Even though difficult things happen in the book, as do joyful ones, it comforts me as a "might-have-been" of ancestors. . .

It was loosely based on the stories told by an author of an earlier generation, and ...more

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Oct 21, 2021 Mela rated it it was amazing

Shelves: internet-archive, historical-fiction, historical-period-long-19th-century, region-canada, historical-romance, young-and-new-adult, series, historical-fiction-to-learn-history, authors-to-explore, region-usa

Yes, it was a moving love story between humans and the Canadian wilderness. There was also, of course, a love story between Mike and Kathy, but to me, it was firstly a homage to the wilderness that a human wasn't much able to conquer, at least for some time (in some places it is still valid - fortunately for us all). A homage to the people who lived there too. As you can easily imagine it wasn't easy living but definitely fascinating.

I can only add that the characters were real and their stories ...more

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Jul 10, 2016 Carinne Gee rated it it was ok

Shelves: did-not-finish

I got nearly 1/2 way with this and I just wasn't interested. I didn't realize it was so much about the native population. Not terribly interesting to me. This book is beloved by many. I just couldn't get into it. Maybe at another time I would like it better. The main character kind of annoyed me. She's pretty immature....which was probably accurate. Also, the fact that I live in Alaska and am very familiar with living in the North, much of what was discussed didn't seem very accurate to me. Anyw ...more

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Feb 13, 2024 Lisa Brantly rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, auto-biography, american, 20th-century, bookclub-tuesday

3.5 reminds me a lot of Christy (Catherine Marshall). A book I loved in my childhood

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Jul 02, 2018 Kate rated it liked it

Enjoyable read. Another story that proves to me that I am not cut out for pioneer living. 🤔 More than the weather, it's the isolation that would be difficult to tolerate. Not to mention, the sorrow of losing your children to an epidemic. ...more

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