And how the people in her life influenced the characters in her books. It’s fun to see how she compares to her own heroines, like Anne and Emily. Maud had so little power over nearly everything in her life she hadn’t ever experienced a thrill like the power she had over Nate’s emotions.Ĭomparing all the people and events in Maud’s life with the characters and events in the books she wrote. This is a big reason for any fan of LMM to read the book. The author sticks very closely to events recorded in LMM’s journals, but reading a fictional account helps to fill in some of the gaps, and go into a more in-depth exploration of the way young Maud might have felt about the events and relationships in her life. Good-byes are not what they used to be.Įmotionally satisfying. But she makes a few good friends in the year that she spends there, and is sad to have to leave them behind.Īll the farewells in this book made me grateful for our ability these days to keep in touch with people so easily. Unfortunately things don’t go as she hoped – her step-mother does not seem to like having her there. And she’s hoping a fresh start in a new place will be good for her. When it becomes apparent that Maud is getting much too close to Nate Lockhart (the son of a Baptist minister), it is decided that it would be a good time for Maud to visit her father in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.Īlthough Maud will miss Cavendish and her friends, she’s also excited to think she will finally get to be with her father again she feels sure her father will accept her and understand her exactly as she is. Her grandparents are very strict and stern, and tend to send her away on visits with other family members when there’s a hint at all of any kind of scandal (“ We must protect ourselves, Maud, from gossip.“). Maud grows up feeling like she doesn’t really belong anywhere, like no one really wants her. Melanie Fishbane writes in detail about Maud’s family, friends, and possible romances. Maud is a fictional account of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s life between the ages of 14 and 17. But from childhood my one wish and ambition was to write.
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