This biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life.
Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery wants to go to college and become a writer like her idol, Louisa May Alcott. However, the grandparents she lives with on Prince Edward Island don't agree with her plans. Maud goes out West to live with her father and his new family and attends high school--where she also finds love. But Maud's stepmother has a plan for Maud that threatens to destroy Maud's dreams for the future.
the story of L.M. Montgomery and her literary classic
Gammel, Irene
2008
A dual portrait of the irrepressible orphan Anne of Green Gables and her creator covers such topics as the death of Montgomery's mother, her life on Prince Edward Island, and the inspiration for the "e" at the end of Anne's name.
Presents a short illustrated biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of "Anne of Green Gables," and describes her childhood on Prince Edward Island, which became the basis of her novels.
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
a biography of L.M. Montgomery, creator of Anne of Green Gables
Andronik, Catherine M
1993
Text and photographs cover the personal life and literary career of the Canadian writer best known for her novels about Anne, a girl from Prince Edward Island.
