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Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomerys life, and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian literary icon, all set in rich social context. Extensive interviews with people who knew Montgomery - her son, maids, friends, relatives, all now deceased - are only part of the material gathered in a journey to understand Montgomery that took Rubio to Poland and the highlands of Scotland.
From Montgomerys apparently idyllic childhood in Prince Edward Island to her passion-filled adolescence and young adulthood, to her legal fights as world-famous author, to her shattering experiences with motherhood and as wife to a deeply troubled man, this fascinating, intimate narrative of her life will engage and delight.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Mary Henley Rubio is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph. She co-edited
The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery (five volumes, 1985-2004), co-authored
Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, and edited
Harvesting Thistles: The Textual Garden of L.M. Montgomery. Her most recent book is the
Norton Critical Edition of Anne of Green Gables.
From the Hardcover edition.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The PEI Years 1874—1911
The Leaskdale Years 1911—1926
The Norval Years 1926—1935
The Toronto Years 1935—1942
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index
From the Hardcover edition.