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About this Book

Hardcover

752 Pages, 6.54 x 9.57 x 1.7 in

October 3, 2008

Doubleday Canada


0385659830
9780385659833

From the Publisher

Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery's life, and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian literary icon, all set in rich social context. Extensive interviews with people who knew Montgomery - her son, maids, friends, relatives, all now deceased - are only part of the material gathered in a journey to understand Montgomery that took Rubio to Poland and the highlands of Scotland.

From Montgomery's apparently idyllic childhood in Prince Edward Island to her passion-filled adolescence and young adulthood, to her legal fights as world-famous author, to her shattering experiences with motherhood and as wife to a deeply troubled man, this fascinating, intimate narrative of her life will engage and delight.

From the Jacket

"Rubio deftly paints the portrait of a multitasking modern woman with an amazing work ethic. The biography soars with the energy of its title, but delves even deeper into Montgomery's dark side."
- The Globe and Mail

"A poignant story about a real family…. The result of Rubio's research is pure Canadian Gothic: a story of sexual repression, class conflict and family secrets."
- The Gazette (Montreal)

"Absolutely gripping … nothing short of brilliant, an un-put-downable read, and a wonderful examination of this troubled woman's tragic life."
- Ottawa Citizen

"Magisterial."
- National Post

About the Author

Mary Henley Rubio is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph. She co-edited The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery (five volumes, 1985-2004), co-authored Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, and edited Harvesting Thistles: The Textual Garden of L.M. Montgomery. Her most recent book is the Norton Critical Edition of Anne of Green Gables.

From the Critics

"Rubio deftly paints the portrait of a multitasking modern woman with an amazing work ethic. The biography soars with the energy of its title, but delves even deeper into Montgomery''s dark side."
- The Globe and Mail

"A poignant story about a real family…. The result of Rubio''s research is pure Canadian Gothic: a story of sexual repression, class conflict and family secrets."
- The Gazette (Montreal)

"Absolutely gripping … nothing short of brilliant, an un-put-downable read, and a wonderful examination of this troubled woman''s tragic life."
- Ottawa Citizen

"Magisterial."
- National Post

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  • Amanda Martin

    Amanda Martin

    A must for LMM fans 5

    2 months ago

    This is a great biography. The attention to detail is amazing...I recommend reading her journals before this one, the combined insight is truly definitive. A sometimes sad look at a brilliant enigmatic woman ahead of her time.

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    Excellent 5

    13 months ago

    I am a huge fan of Lucy Maud Montgomery and of her novels. I think I can safely say that I have read every biography or LMM related book available on the market (and then some). Mary Rubio is one of the most well-known LMM scholar and I actually had the opportunity of meeting her in PEI quite a few years ago. LMM has always been an enigma and through the various biographies written about her (including her very own journals), you always get the feeling that you are still missing huge pieces… read more

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    • I just finished reading the first volume of her journals and am now about halfway done the second, and its disheartening to see how her optimism fades ... read more

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