House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery

An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes troubled life.

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When she was fourteen years old, Maud wrote in her journal, "I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them." Not only did Maud grow up to own lots of books, she wrote twenty-four of them herself as L. M. Montgomery, the world-renowned author of Anne of Green Gables. For many years, not a great deal was known about Maud's personal life. Her childhood was spent with strict, undemonstrative grandparents, and her reflections on writing, her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression, her "year of mad passion," and her difficult married life remained locked away, buried deep within her unpublished personal journals. Through this revealing and deeply moving biography, kindred spirits of all ages who, like Maud, never gave up "the substance of things hoped for" will be captivated anew by the words of this remarkable woman.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 05/26/2020
ISBN: 9781536213140
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 195544 / House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery
Reading Level: 7.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 12