My mother-in-law loved listening to audiobooks. We are cleaning out her house since she will be moving to a care facility. I thought this book would be good to listen to on our next road trip.

I was sure I had read Who Has Seen the Wind at some point but the audiobook seemed like a good way to pass the time while driving to the American southwest so it went into my bag when I packed. It is read by the author and he does a marvelous job. After listening for a while I realized I had never read this book so it was a wonderful surprise for both me and my husband.
Brian is a young boy growing up in a small town in Saskatchewan. The prairie is very close to his house and he knows how it looks and sounds and all the creatures in it. As the book opens Brian is miffed with his grandmother who has kicked him outside because his little brother is very ill. He wants to talk to God and get God after his grandmother. His friend tells him he can show him where God lives and takes him to the church. Turns out God is not available but the minister agrees to talk to him although he is not much use either. His little brother recovers and Brian decides his grandmother is okay after all. As Brian grows older he goes to school, gets into trouble, makes friends and suffers losses.
Mitchell captures the thoughts of a young boy to perfection. He makes the reader feel like they are seeing the town and the prairie and the good people of Saskatchewan for themselves. This book is a classic.

I'm going to keep this book for a while, maybe until the Canada Day release challenge.

Thought this audiobook might find an appreciative listener at a Little Free Library so we dropped it off at this LFL at 356 Kingston Crescent very near the south end of the Elm Park Bridge (aka the BDI Bridge). This release is for the 2015 Canada Days release challenge.