Blue Castle

At twenty-nine, Valancy Stirling has lived a life of quiet suffocation. The plain, unmarried daughter of a tyrannical family, she's spent years shrinking into the background of her own existence. Then comes the diagnosis: a failing heart, perhaps a year left. What should be devastating becomes the most liberating news of her life. With nothing left to lose, Valancy flees her cold household for the wild Canadian woods, where she discovers the courage she never knew she had, a blue castle of her own, and an unexpected love that will redefine everything she thought she knew about herself. This is L.M. Montgomery's most grown-up novel, a poignant exploration of what it means to finally begin living when you've spent your whole life waiting.