Book Review for Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip by Gail Ward Olmsted

 Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip by Gail Ward Olmsted

Published June 12, 2024 by Black Rose Writing

Genre:  Historical Fiction

Full Description:  In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Island, to her home in Jackson, New Hampshire. Despite the concerns of her family and friends, that at the age of 77 she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone. Over the next six days, she receives a marriage proposal, pulls an all-nighter, saves a life or two, crashes a high-society event, meets a kindred spirit, faces a former rival, makes a new friend, takes a stroll with a future movie mogul, advises a troubled newlywed and reflects upon a life well lived; her own! 

Join her as she embarks upon her remarkable road trip.

 

My Thoughts:  With every part of Katharine’s trip, she makes a difference in someone’s life.   She takes time to listen, to really hear what the people she meets along the way are saying.   She does not judge or criticize but offers her support and life’s advice.   Many of the people she meets are strangers, but they are friends by the time she leaves.   Katharine is that person that you are pulled to, that you want to just be near, and when she leaves you realize that you learned something important from her.  

Gail Ward Olmstead takes the reader on the trip alongside Katharine.   She stays true to the era, and I love that she used the dialect of the time.    Yet, she did not make Katharine a woman of the time.  She let Katharine be strong without a man to take care of her.   Katharine was able to make her own decisions and find the respect she deserved by staying strong to herself.

Katharine’s Remarkable Road Trip is not a long book and I read it in a day.  I recommend picking up your own copy and following along on this remarkable road trip.

 

Thank you to the author, Gail Ward Olmstead, for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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