WWI wasn't Anne's war, it was Rilla's, and Ken's, and Walter's, and that damn dog who turns me into a gushy mess every freaking time I read the last chapter. When Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story premiered in the early 2000s, I was shocked to discover that Anne and Gilbert were suddenly time warped to WWI. This is the book that finally severed my relationship with Kevin Sullivan. There are many layers at work in her stories, and some pioneering feminist concepts tucked in between the deep appreciation of nature, the commentary on the stuffy contemporary society of her day, and the delightful, well-drawn characters.

In general, Montgomery's work is constantly under-estimated, and the way the books are marketed doesn't help (the flowery script, the swoony illustrations). Rilla, Anne's youngest daughter, is a wonderful, spirited character and one of my favorites. The setting also allows Montgomery to challenge readers with darker elements that are often present but less overt in other books. It's one of few documentations (even if the characters are fictional) of what women were doing at home during the war, and this setting breathes new life into the end of the series. While it's wonderful to see characters evolve into adulthood and have a next generation come to life, the real strength of this book is it's window into the homeland society of rural Maritime Canada during the first World War.

Paperback (November 13th, 2018): $18.This is the final book of the Anne series, and deals with the lives of her children.Juvenile Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes.She was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935. Because many of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, Canada and the Canadian province became literary landmarks. Montgomery went on to publish twenty novels as well as 500 short stories and poems. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874–April 24, 1942) publicly known as L.M.

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