Emily of New Moon
When Emily Starr's father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Emily is sent to New Moon Farm to live with her stern Aunt Elizabeth and the other unmarried Starr women. She arrives carrying a grief so deep it feels unsurvivable, and at first the house on the hill seems as cold as the stone face of her Aunt Ruth. But Emily has a secret weapon: words. In a worn notebook, she writes her way through sorrow, transforming pain into poetry, observation into art. She finds unexpected kinship with three other lonely, gifted children who form the "Beaded Circle", a secret society of the imagination. Yet New Moon is no Green Gables; the path to belonging is bumpy, the misunderstandings frequent, and the world often deaf to a creative girl's fierce inner life. This is Montgomery's darker, more psychologically complex twin to Anne, a book for anyone who has ever felt that their truest self remained invisible.
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“If it's IN you to climb you must -- there are those who MUST lift their eyes to the hills -- they can't breathe properly in the valleys.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“It had always seemed to Emily, ever since she could remember, that she was very, very near to a world of wonderful beauty. Between it and herself hung only a thin curtain; she could never draw the curtain aside-- but sometimes, just for a moment, a wind fluttered it and then it was as if she caught a glimpse of the enchanting realm beyond-- only a glimpse-- and heard a note of unearthly music.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Don't be led away by those howls about realism. Remember-pine woods are just as real as pigsties and a darn sight pleasanter to be in.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“To love is easy and therefore common - but to understand - how rare it is!””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Tell me this--if you knew you would be poor as a church mouse all your life--if you knew you'd never have a line published--would you still go on writing-- you?''Of course I would,' said Emily disdainfully. 'Why, I to write--I can't help it at times--I've just to.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Steal not this book for fear of shameFor on it is the owners nameAnd when you die the Lord will sayWhere is the book you stole awayAnd when you say you do not knowThe Lord will say go down below.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“She will love deeply, she will suffer terribly, she will have glorious moments to compensate.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I read the story of Red Riding Hood today. I think the wolf was the most interesting character in it. Red Riding Hood was a stupid little thing so easily fooled.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily Byrd Starr, do solemnly vow this day that I will climb the Alpine Path and write my name on the scroll of fame.””
— L. M. Montgomery
