My favorite book by LM Montgomery is The Blue Castle. Partly because I immigrated from Canada when I was four and only remember seeing snow, and my grandfather's house, and the frozen over lake.
And of course, a character created by LM Montgomery is finally refreshingly modern and sassy. Man, I get tired of these washed out characters such as Kilmeny, and Marigold(you are probably shocked to hear me say a six-year-old heroine is bland but that is my own opinion of the matter, forgive me).
On the other hand, The Blue Castle is literally the goods ! Valancy Stirling, an old maid at 29, tired of being quashed under the tyranical rule of her mother, decides to see the doctor about her occasional 'attacks'. A doctor not respected by her family. She receives a letter from same doctor that she has a rare heart disease and there is no hope of recovery. At that moment she makes the decision to live the rest of her life as a carefree young woman, much to the shock of her overbearing family.
And so in this way she discovers a world of love and beauty...
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