Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now, with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting- and wearing out her welcome- Anne's life is full to bursting. - Still, Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside . Until the day she begins to worry that he adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she's still...

From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover's Lane, readers will be immersed in the real places immortalized in the novel "Anne of Green Gables." Using Montgomery's journals, archives, and scrapbooks, Catherine Reid explores the many similarities between Montgomery and her unforgettable heroine, Anne Shirley. The lush package includes Montgomery's hand-colourized photographs, the illustrations originally used in Anne of Green Gables,...

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When she was fourteen years old, Maud wrote in her journal, I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them. Not only did Maud grow up to own lots of books, she wrote twenty-four of them herself as L. M. Montgomery, the world-renowned author of Anne of Green Gables. For many years, not a great deal was known about Maud's personal life. Her childhood was spent with...

"Lucy Maud Montgomery lost her mother when she was very young. Left in the care of less-than-encouraging grandparents, she found comfort in reading, writing, and her imagination. When Maud grew up, she wrote about the childhood she wished she had, creating one of the best-loved characters of all time: Anne of Green Gables."--Back cover.