Dear Mad'm is the autobiographical story of Stella Walthall Patterson of her experience living alone, after age 80, with her dog Vicki on her mining claim on the Klamath River in the Siskiyou Mountains, near Happy Camp, California. She had until then lived a comfortable life in San Francisco, as a teacher, writer, and artist, but when her doctor told her she had "young legs" and good health, she vowed to spend one full year on her remote mining claim for solitude to write. Instead, she met interesting and endearing small ...
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Dear Mad'm is the autobiographical story of Stella Walthall Patterson of her experience living alone, after age 80, with her dog Vicki on her mining claim on the Klamath River in the Siskiyou Mountains, near Happy Camp, California. She had until then lived a comfortable life in San Francisco, as a teacher, writer, and artist, but when her doctor told her she had "young legs" and good health, she vowed to spend one full year on her remote mining claim for solitude to write. Instead, she met interesting and endearing small-town characters and faced the challenges of rustic living-the story she tells humorously in Dear Mad'm . Her daily world, her zestful manner, her jaunty humor, and her fresh and original observations are detailed here with clarity and directness. Not surprisingly, at the end of her year, on her 81st birthday, she decided to continue this good life close to the soil, where she found that the people she needed also needed her.
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...especially if you're over 50. I read my first copy and gave it to a friend. Couldn't find it as an ebook, so I ordered a copy for me to keep AND ordered a second copy to give to another friend. It's entertaining and inspiring. I usually am not drawn to "real stories" because they tend to be smaltzy (hope that's a word) - this one is most excellent!
Judy E B
Aug 4, 2011
We love Dear Mad'm
In Fact, many people love Dear Mad'm and come to our town and even MOVE here after reading this book! They want to see Stella, of course, and she passed on before the book came out, but we have wonderful good neighbors, just like Dear Mad'm, Dearsir, Up & up and Frenchy. Most of them go by nicknames from childhood, Mooch, Doozie, etc. In fact our whole town has an annual Dear Mad'm Day with picnic luncheon, neighborly awards, and reminiscences about those days on the Klamath River!! We love Klamath neighbors getting together in the town of Happy Camp, at the top of CA!
Adelia
Nov 1, 2008
DELIGHTFUL!
This was a totally delightful story. I got this book from my mother, who read it first, and I loved reading it. I passed the book to my husband, and he was also delighted with this fun read. I t is a fun read. I will be keeping this book to read again. I only wish that the author had written more books!