In December we met at Kathy’s home to discuss her book entitled
“The Ride of Her Life” by author Elizabeth Letts.
This is a story based on true events based on the life of Annie Wilkins.
At age 63, Annie a single woman is diagnosed with tuberculosis and is
hospitalized and was given just a few more years to live.
She owns a failing farm in Minot, Maine and owes back taxes and was offered a
spot in a charitable state institution.
Rather than just give up, Annie prepares to ride west on horseback
to fulfill her dream of seeing the Pacific Ocean.
Annie has one horse and her dog and very little funds. It’s the early 1950’s.
Towns were becoming cities and roads were turning into highways.
Annie is met with many acts of kindnesses from strangers and is offered food, lodging, and
veterinarian services for free. Due to TV coverage she becomes somewhat of a celebrity
and ends up on the Art Linkletter show in Hollywood.
This is a story of bravery, courage and faith.Annie completes her journey fraught
with many perils and hardships only with the help of strangers who
became life long friends.
She lives for many years beyond her diagnosis aided financially by the money
she made on the Art Linkletter show.
Many people liked all the historical facts and all admired the strength that
Annie possessed and felt she was inspiring.
Kathy had great pizza and salad and led a good discussion.
Sarah chose a book called, “The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams.
