Detours To THE Good Stuff
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Detours to the Good Stuff is an epic and gripping true story of a young woman and her family’s unforgettable journey to find peace and happiness. The road ahead was littered with obstacles that oftentimes appeared impossible to avert, but despite the many unavoidable detours that changed the course of their lives, Katie never lost sight of the potential rewards at the end of their relentless expedition. In the early 1960s, Katie Wiederman was a well-bred, corn-fed, Midwestern teenager, blessed with beauty and brains, a loving family, close friends and aspirations, complemented by a steady older boyfriend with a groovy car. The attractive high-school senior was living the all-American dream, the envy of all her friends, and she seemed to have it all…until one dreary April morning, when her world spiraled out of control. A teenaged pregnancy at the age of 17 was never a consideration in Katie’s long-range plans, and the last thing her parents had ever anticipated from their youngest child. At the urging of her parents and her church, Katie married her steady beau, Darren Munson, shortly after her 18th birthday, in May of 1963. The newlyweds subsequently rented a house near Katie’s parents in Huntington, Minnesota, where they decided to raise their forthcoming child together as a family. Just a few short months after their wedding, however, during an intense Minnesota heat wave in the summer of ’63, Katie noticed her husband starting to change. Darren was just 21, but he was already becoming a very angry young man, even though he didn’t drink or use drugs. Katie couldn’t understand why the charming boy she had met at the New Years Eve party less than a year before had changed so drastically. Although she tried desperately to become the pleasing wife her husband had envisioned, the young bride fell short of Darren’s unreasonable expectations. Katie, in turn, grew increasingly despondent and fearful, as her husband was constantly critical and belittling, comparin
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