Papa's Wife - 6443

One day just after the turn of the century, a blonde, blue-eyed young girl named Maria presented herself at the door of the parsonage in a tiny, town in Swedish Lapland. She had come to apply for a housemaid's job and the handsome bachelor parson, Pontus Franzon, hired her on the spot. Maria was only sixteen, and Pastor Franzon over twice her age-but Maria was determined to become Mrs. Franzon. And she did. When Mama Franzon made up her mind to do anything, heaven and earth were powerless to stop her. PAPA'S WIFE is the delightfully fresh and unaffected story of the Franzoos' life together over a long period of golden years, a life lit by love and limitless trust in God. It is true that Papa Franzon often reflected ruefully on his uncomplicated bachelor existence, especially when all eight of the children seemed to get into trouble at once-but Mama never failed to amaze and amuse him. The childhood of the little Franzons in Lapland is a period of almost uninterrupted joy- for all the f