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Here If You Need Me
by Kate Braestrup
“According to our plan, I would have gone on writing, but I would also be a minister’s wife. It would have been a fine life.” p. 19
Someone said that life is what happens while you are busy planning. This is what happens to Braestrup. She and her husband have a arrangement for when he retires from working as a state trooper in Maine. He will go to seminary and she will continue to write. Because her husband is in a fatal accident, Braestrup is the one who goes to seminary. She also becomes the chaplain for the Maine Warden Service, something I don’t think she could have ever planned for.
This memoir is fascinating. I learned about Maine, their wardens, Braestrup’s faith and her family. Braestrup knows how to make a quiet, almost average life seem interesting and worthy of my attention. I read through this quickly because I wanted to see how Braestrup’s life evolves. I am anxious to find her other books.
I recommend this chronicle to readers who are looking for a peaceful read. Although there is pain and suffering in this tale, Braestrup’s attitude, humor and love makes for a wonderful book. I think it may become a touchstone for me. I have been reminded that every life involves unexpected change, but also that every life is worth a story.
Other memoirs that I have read that reflect quiet, faithful lives:
Altar in the World
Anthropology of Turquoise
Dance of the Dissident Daughter
If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name
On the Threshold
Practicing Resurrection
Seeking Enlightenment Hat by Hat
Seeking Peace
Take This Bread
Someone said that life is what happens while you are busy planning. This is what happens to Braestrup. She and her husband have a arrangement for when he retires from working as a state trooper in Maine. He will go to seminary and she will continue to write. Because her husband is in a fatal accident, Braestrup is the one who goes to seminary. She also becomes the chaplain for the Maine Warden Service, something I don’t think she could have ever planned for.
This memoir is fascinating. I learned about Maine, their wardens, Braestrup’s faith and her family. Braestrup knows how to make a quiet, almost average life seem interesting and worthy of my attention. I read through this quickly because I wanted to see how Braestrup’s life evolves. I am anxious to find her other books.
I recommend this chronicle to readers who are looking for a peaceful read. Although there is pain and suffering in this tale, Braestrup’s attitude, humor and love makes for a wonderful book. I think it may become a touchstone for me. I have been reminded that every life involves unexpected change, but also that every life is worth a story.
Other memoirs that I have read that reflect quiet, faithful lives:
Altar in the World
Anthropology of Turquoise
Dance of the Dissident Daughter
If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name
On the Threshold
Practicing Resurrection
Seeking Enlightenment Hat by Hat
Seeking Peace
Take This Bread