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2019 read: Everything I learned about WWI came from this book and possibly the popular meme "If WW1 Was a Bar Fight." In some ways, the world today is still reeling from the effects of WWI. I love this book because it isn't a romance. It's a medley of grief, growth, sacrifice, and compassion and so much of the terror, the desperation, and the tension were really hers and it shows in the writing. She looks at all angles, even the pacifist(though he's not really meant to be taken seriously), and settles down the untidiness that life always carries. I unashamedly wept like a baby throughout this book (Susan and Norman notwithstanding). It might have been the seasonal depression thing. But it probably was Montgomery's underscoring of the vivid helplessness and desperation that you feel when your world crashes around you and there is nothing you can do but hope, pray, and do the menial day-to-day things that make no difference. L.M. Montgomery is a long time and all time favorite author of mine. She writes the perfect girls story with just the right mix of adventure, drama and happiness. I find her books a comfort to read and have re-read most of works many times over the years. They are classics for a reason and that reason is they are great. OBS: Volume 8 Review I wrote in 2007: **Completes the "Anne of Green Gables" Series. Beautiful story set during WW1.** My favourite "Anne" book of all!! (and they are all wonderful!). Sadly, this is the eighth and last book in the series so when you get onto this one, savour every word. Written just after the war, and published in 1921, L. M. Montgomery gives, through her characters, a first-hand account of what life was like for ordinary Canadians during the First World War. Touching and, as always, beautifully written. It's 1914 and Rilla, the baby of the Blythe family, is nearly 15 and about to embark on the best of her teenage years. She's pretty and bubbly, and keen to get along with nearly everyone. If only her other brothers and sisters, especially her dearest Walter, would stop treating her as a baby and see her as the grown up she so nearly is... It seems Rilla's wishes are going to come true sooner than she thought. With the onset of war and young Canadian men signing up to enlist in their droves, Rilla soon realises that she must "grow up" and do her bit for the war effort. Her dear brother Jem is one of the first to go, but it's clear that the others will soon be following, and Rilla soon finds herself volunteering to look after an orphaned "war baby"... quite a challenge for a 15-year-old with little inclination for babies! Rilla very quickly proves her worth. There are still some delightfully humourous episodes, typical of L. M. Montgomery, and it's wonderful to watch Rilla's journey through to adulthood, through the war years. Touched with sadness, it's more emotionally advanced than some of the other Anne books. Ages 11+
Rilla of Ingleside is a war novel at times masquerading as a young adult historical romance. But it is far more than that; it is a detailed study of rural Canadian life during the First World War, written by a woman who lived through it and distilled it all with her trademark restrained emotion into a gem of a novel. Montgomery writes beautifully and brings tears of both sorrow and joy on the turning of every page. I would recommend this book for anyone and everyone as it is a wonderful story and has all the elements needed for a good book.
Fifteen-year-old Rilla, the daughter of Anne Shirley Blythe, grows from a carefree, irresponsible girl into a strong and capable young woman during the war years, 1914-1918. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Other books in this series by this reader:
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne's House of Dreams
Rainbow Valley
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