Rilla of Ingleside
1921
The youngest daughter of Anne and Gilbert Blythe has always lived in the shadow of her brothers. Rilla is sixteen, concerned only with dances and debutantes, when the world changes forever. War comes to Ingleside, and suddenly the boys she grew up with, her brothers Jem, Walter, and Shirley, her beloved Ken Ford, are crossing an ocean to fight in a war that will reshape everything she knows. This is not the Montgomery of Green Gables' gentle nostalgia. Written in 1921 while the grief was still fresh, Rilla of Ingleside is the only Canadian novel about the First World War written by a contemporary woman, and one of the first to name Gallipoli and the ANZACs. It follows Rilla as she transforms from a sheltered, romance-obsessed girl into the woman who holds Ingleside together, who tends the home front, raises an orphaned baby, and waits for news that may never come. The war is not distant or heroic here. It is terrifying, ordinary, and real. For readers who thought they knew Montgomery, this is the book that will change their mind. For readers who loved Anne, it is the chance to see her daughter become someone just as remarkable.
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“Hate is only love that has missed its way.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“as she held out her hand, their eyes met and all doubt was swept away in a glad certainty. They belonged to each other; and, no matter what life might hold for them, it could never alter that. Their happiness was in each other's keeping and both were unafraid.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I DO know my own mind,” protested Anne. “The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.” “Well,””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I don’t like reading about martyrs because they always make me feel petty and ashamed... ashamed to admit I hate to get out of bed on frosty mornings and shrink from a visit to the dentist!””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Yet still the Piper piped and the dance of death went on.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“What is to be, will be," said Mrs. Rachel gloomily, "and what isn't to be happens sometimes.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Life is rich and full here … everywhere … if we can only learn how to open our whole hearts to its richness and fulness.””
— L. M. Montgomery
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