num_pages: 339
description: 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 Mauds 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and depression her year of mad passion and her difficult married life remained locked away buried deep within her unpublished personal journals.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.
language: English
title: House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery
publisher: Candlewick Press