Catching Katie takes place in 1916 focusing on Katie Jones, who is a strong spirited young woman who knows what she wants to do with her life. Katie graduated from Vassar College and then started working on behalf of the women’s suffrage in Washington D.C. She hasn’t been home to Idaho in seven years and decides to move back and help women learn to think for themselves. Staying true to herself, Katie foregoes the option of taking the train home and opts instead to drive her Model T, that she had named The Susan B., after Susan B. Anthony who Katie models her life after.
Ben Rafferty, Katie’s best friend while growing up, is now the owner and editor of the Homestead Herald in Idaho. Ben puts out a weekly edition single handedly, writing all of the articles himself. Ben allows Katie to write a column for the newspaper that focuses on teaching women to think for themselves and ultimately stirs up conflict within families and amongst the townspeople.
Katie has told Ben that she plans to never marry because she believes that marriage and a political career are not possible. In spite of knowing this, Ben has fallen in love with Katie and try as she may to fight it; Katie has fallen in love with Ben. Can they really make a marriage work when Katie’s job demands so much of her in a time where the belief is that a women’s job is at home taking care of the family? Katie has to learn to listen to God and believe that He knows the purpose of her life.
If you like to read historical fiction, then you will like this book. The issues were real issues that people faced back then. I loved the story because it had just the right amount of fact and fiction to make it believable. You really got to know the characters and understand their feelings about women being able to vote.
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