"Michael's Gentle Wife is an inspirational story of a rural New England family in 1937 and how the parents and children of this family positively influences those they encounter with homespun love, humor, strong character, and the Christian gospel. It is also a sweet but realistically uplifting story of raising and home educating children during the Great Depression. Most of all, Michael's Gentle Wife refreshingly displays the wholesome and gentle desires of romantic love found within the bonds of Christian marriage - between the main characters Carol and Michael. This is a comfort read, with many surprises along the way"--