Everything She Didn't Say, Jane Kirkpatrick. (Book Review)

About the book:


In 1911, Carrie Strahorn wrote a memoir entitled Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, which shared some of the most exciting events of 25 years of traveling and shaping the American West with her husband, Robert Strahorn, a railroad promoter, investor, and writer. That is all fact. Everything She Didn't Say imagines Carrie nearly ten years later as she decides to write down what was really on her mind during those adventurous nomadic years.

Certain that her husband will not read it, and in fact that it will only be found after her death, Carrie is finally willing to explore the lessons she learned along the way, including the danger a woman faces of losing herself within a relationship with a strong-willed man and the courage it takes to accept her own God-given worth apart from him. Carrie discovers that wealth doesn't insulate a soul from pain and disappointment, family is essential, pioneering is a challenge, and western landscapes are both demanding and nourishing. Most of all, she discovers that home can be found, even in a rootless life.

With a deft hand, New York Times bestselling author Jane Kirkpatrick draws out the emotions of living--the laughter and pain, the love and loss--to give readers a window not only into the past, but into their own conflicted hearts. Based on a true story. 


My thoughts: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
An interesting and intriguing story. Had me laughing and at times had my heart breaking.
My heart ached for a woman who died nearly 100 years ago as she faced the hardships of life in the West with a strong-willed husband.
A beautiful woman who lived an extraordinary life. One of the most selfless, caring woman I have ever known through the pages of a book.
Carrie inspired me to stay positive, or in my "Happy lane," as she would have said.
She dutifully cared for others, and put everyone before herself. She was a great example of a Christian woman.
The author, Jane Kirkpatrick, has a beautiful talent of description. I felt like I was with Carrie and Robert at Yellowstone. I could see the grandeur mountains. I could see the 26 men they had to bunk down with. I could hear the water dripping and could smell the earthy must as Carrie was lowered into a mine shaft.
Jane is very talented author. Bravo!

What I really longed for was purposeful activity. A life without a purpose is a story without an ending. - Carrie Adell Strahorn 

Landscapes ask us to ponder our inner being. Dutch painters coined that word- landscape-when they moved from painting seascapes to capturing the beauty of the interior of a land, her mountains and valleys and rivers. Wish I could paint what feelings the West's grand landscapes inspire in me. October 10, 1880

I felt such clarifications with that statement. Because that is what happens in my soul when I look across an open field that goes as far as the eye can see.
I connected with Carrie on a deeper level.
She spoke not only to my heart, but to my soul.

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