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" This was a really enjoyable book, it makes you laugh and cry. The characters are very real and likeable, and the plot moves pretty fast. I liked learning more about what "pioneers" of the north went through, and more about the Native Americans of Canada. I especially like when she went back home to Boston, and when everyone one was having a fit about burnt toast, she realizes how trivial their lives are. Her Mounty husband says, "When little things are so important, it's because they're aren't any big ones" It's a great love story. "
- Tiffany, 2/15/2014
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" I loved this book. It's one my mom read to us when we were growing up. I loved those times and she seemed to pick only the best of books to read. Definitely funny and heartwarming. It's amazing to me the things people endured in those times. :) "
- Nicole, 2/10/2014
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" This book started out well but then ended with a fizzle. In the beginning, the characters and the tight storyline capture your heart; you want to keep reading to find out what happens to them. The romance is sweet and the picture of marriage is absolutely wonderful and refreshing. I was so happy to read about a strong fictional woman character who sacrifices everything for her man - beautiful. As you read along though, the storyline starts to fail, you wonder what the book is really about, and things just start to get corny. Also, a sadness begins to creep in that is dark and hopeless. In the end, the authors' message seems to be - Life is hard and death abounds; the only beauty in life is the enjoyed moment of now. In some ways, it is a wonderful practice to enjoy the little things of life, but there is no hope in that. In real life, there is a hope. God is here, He has made a way for redemption and there is an eternal life of great blessing offered to those who simply trust and believe in Him. I wish that the authors could have captured some of that. If they had, this book would have been amazing. "
- Jennifer, 2/9/2014
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" When I first started it, I wasn't so sure I was going to like it. I really didn't like Kathy-- I thought she was so naive and immature-- and then I realized that was sort of the point-- because she has to grow up fast in that rough frontier. I also thought it was a little melodramatic at first because of the fast romance and her falling in love with him in his Canadian Mountie uniform. I did enjoy reading it though. I really wish that some of the characters had been a little more developed-- like Constance or even more of Sarah. She just touches on how much Constance influenced her at the very end, but there wasn't much written about their friendship. I didn't love Mike, and I will fully admit it might just be the petty reason that I hate "pet" names (like him calling her "kitten") and I am just not a romantic. I really liked how she found out what she really wanted-- the contrast of Boston and the frontier. That was well portrayed. The ending was so sad, but so good. It was a bittersweet end-- and true to life. I ended up really liking the book. "
- Julie, 2/6/2014
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" I found this book to be extremely depressing. I am pleased that I finished it (after crying for the last twenty pages), but I do not think I could ever recommend this novel. "
- Claire, 2/3/2014
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" i love spring break and the time to read, read, read! this one was recommended to me by my niece, makinzie. great choice -- strong characters, challenging situations, harsh yet beautiful landscapes. gives new meaning to what i already knew about living off the land during this time period. "
- Jeanne, 1/24/2014
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" Very much enjoyed Mrs. Mike, although occasionally got bogged down in details. "
- Nikka102, 1/22/2014
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" read this when i was in junior high...loved it "
- Margie, 1/17/2014
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" I think I read this as an adolescent and was just as enthralled as I am now with a spunky young woman who leaves home for the Canadian wilderness of the early 1900's, falls in love with a mounty, follows her husband into the alternately frozen or mosquito ridden outback. There he is the local authority/doctor/general wise friend to all, though he is all of 28 years old. She is only 16 herself, but she copes with babies, forest fires, criminals, alien cultures (Indians and trappers), disease, bears and her neighbors. She relishes every moment of every day it seems. The book has heartbreak and tragedy, but is chock full of the a bracing cold air brand of fresh-faced youthful vigor. The story telling style is in the same tradition as Mary Lassiter's Suds in Your Eye and Betty McDonald's The Egg and I. "
- Francoise, 1/16/2014
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" Life as a tapestry of pleasure and pain can either be a refining tool or an excuse for bitterness, our choice. "
- Martha, 1/8/2014
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" My sister (Audrey) read it and said it was good.She's read it 2 times and is going to read it again!!(she cried) "
- Hyrum, 1/3/2014
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" A quick summer read about one woman's coming to the realization of who she is and what is really important to her. "
- Keri, 1/1/2014
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" Amazing book and story of love, loss, and redemption. I own it and reread it every couple of years. It rips me apart and makes me think on it for days, in a good way. "
- Tera, 12/18/2013
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" I LOVED this book! The authors make you feel like you are right there! They characters are awesome! "
- Sharon, 12/14/2013
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" Beautiful story - I loved the ending. p. 310, "Oh-Be-Joyful had cared for and loved my children, and now it was I who was to care for and love hers. The pattern of a life isn't a straight line; it crosses as recrosses, drawing in and tying together other lives." "
- Suzanne, 11/20/2013
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" All I can say about this book is that it made me chortle and wish I could "pick apples". "
- Kelsey, 11/14/2013
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" A nice love story set in the rugged Canadian wilderness. I gained an appreciation of the challenges that early settlers must have faced and how they continued to live joyfully in spite of the tragedies they endured. "
- Verona, 8/26/2013
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" A wonderful love story. "
- Marilyn, 8/19/2013
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" Another book I have read many times. Based on a true story. Katherine Mary Flannigan was a Boston girl who married a Canadian Mountie and went to live in the Canadian wilderness under his supervision. A very touching love story. "
- Helen, 6/20/2013
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" There is something so satisfying about reading a really good love story. This is just one of those with strong characters and a few struggles here and there. "
- June, 3/21/2013
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" Loved it! It really left some good, uplifting messages on me including the idea that the harder your trials and sorrows are--the more intense your joy is. I rate it a 5 because it felt rich and classic. It reminds me a little of "These is my Words" but not quite as shocking. "
- Tamie, 2/28/2013
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" Every range of emotion is felt when reading Mrs. Mike. You will laugh hard and cry hard. It is a heart-rendig tale of love in every form it comes. "
- Stephanie, 2/12/2013
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" Can I give it a 4+? It was really good...a recommendation from my aunt. "
- Shauna, 1/20/2013
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" I loved this book. I read this a long time ago and it is a heartwarming story about life - the good and the bad. "
- Kasacasa, 12/5/2012
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" This is a cute book. I LOVE Mike. There are a few things I didn't love about the writing, but overall this is a good book about living in the Northern parts of Canada in the early to mid 1900s. Great lessons about relationships, love, things that matter, and life in general. "
- Jen, 10/25/2012
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" I wish I had a nickel for every time I read this sweet book. I love the attention to detail the authors give to the landscape and characters - everything is so genuine! And what's not to love about a Mounty?!? "
- Deb, 9/5/2012
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" My favorite love story ever! "
- Allison, 7/15/2012
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" What a good book, I loved reading it! "
- Cindy, 6/18/2012
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" My mom was reading this when she was pregnant with me. It's where she got the name Sarah. Having read the book, I'm not sure how I feel about being named after that particular character! "
- Sarah, 3/18/2012
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" Enjoyed it as much this time as I did when I first read it more than 40 years ago! "
- Linda, 2/20/2012
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" I enjoyed reading this book and was able to get into it. I enjoyed getting sucked it the time period. I couldn't imagine living the live that she did. "
- Allison, 12/4/2011
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" I really enjoyed Mrs. Mike because the stories were riveting and knowing it was all true (a biography) made it even better! "
- Jen, 8/22/2011
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" I read this book when I was quite young...maybe 12 or 13 and I recall loving it so much that as soon as I ended it, I just turned right back to the beginning and read it again. A real tear jerker for sure; but a wonderful story about love and loss.
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- Diana, 6/19/2011
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" One of my all time favorite novels as a young girl. I'm reading it again.
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- Cynthia, 6/11/2011
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" One of the few books I've read twice, because it was so good
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- Christine, 6/10/2011
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" A tender love story set in the raw, canadian wilderness. A very good book.
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- Iluvbooks, 6/4/2011
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" I read this when I was in high school (a couple times). I'm dying to read it again as a wife and mother. I remember loving this book.
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- JoDell, 6/4/2011
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" A sad book. Not quite sure how it was heartwarming. In the end, although the main characters were left happy, I was left feeling as sad and cold as the winter.
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- Eric, 5/16/2011
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" I found myself getting lost in the life of Mrs Mike...the environment, the people, the hardships...felt like I was there at times. Was a great read. One I think I would read again.
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- Heather, 5/13/2011
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" This was my Mother's favorite book!! She introduced me to it back when I was in seventh grade (1985??) and had to get it at a second hand store!! Years later, I was reunited with it yet again, when it was reprinted!! A wonderful story!
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- Carla, 5/7/2011
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" Really fun reading. It makes me wonder if I would have the kind of grit these women displayed when faced with the kind of challenges they had. I hope so.
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- Debbie, 5/6/2011
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