Everything She Didn't Say

By Jane Kirkpatrick

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800727010
• ISBN13: 9780800727017
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Stand By Your Man!

In EVERYTHING SHE DIDN'T SAY, Jane Kirkpatrick uses the writings and history of Carrie Strahorn and creates a wonderful glimpse into Carrie's life as she follows her wanderlust husband through the great American West. There is a "sticky note" at the beginning of each chapter, that gives Carrie's thoughts on the changes in her life. She doesn't always agree with her husband's traveling, investing and setting up towns. Robert Strahorn, Carrie's husband, only married Carrie Adele Green Strahorn, after his darling Carrie (Carrie Adele's college roommate) succumbed to a sickness, when he and the first Carrie were engaged. He claims that he can't bear to call Carrie Adele, by her first name, so he calls her "Dell" a shortened version of Carrie's first name. Thus, starts off their long marriage. Robert is an author of books for railroads, exciting travel brochures to entice more people from the East to purchase more train tickets to settle the West. Carrie tells all about her life, babies they didn't have, couldn't take or wouldn't take. It is an interesting and at times exciting book. I received a complimentary copy from LibraryThing. I was under no obligation to write a review.