Anne Shirley is leaving green Avonlea behind. College calls, and with it comes the intoxicating taste of independence, new friends with scandalous ideas, and the dizzying uncertainty of building a life entirely her own. At Redmond College, Anne discovers that growing up is no simple matter of geography. She sells her first story, weathers a disastrous marriage proposal from the most insufferable man alive, and learns that heartbreak can arrive in forms she never anticipated. Through it all, she and her friends take up residence in a tumbledown cottage by the sea, where an irritable black cat becomes unexpectedly essential to her happiness. But Gilbert Blythe has followed her to Kingsport, and Anne must finally confront the question she's been evading: is she ready to love someone who has loved her all along?
