On the night of the party, war is declared between England & Germany, which means that Canada, as part of the Empire, is also at war. He is & they dance together & spend an enchanted hour together on the beach. Rilla hopes that Kenneth Ford will be there. Rilla is about to attend her first grown-up dance, at a lighthouse on Four Winds Point. Rilla is a typical teenage girl, wanting to grow up as fast as possible & willing to push against her mother's authority just a bit. She's 15 & living a peaceful life in Glen St Mary, a small town on Prince Edward Island. Rilla is the youngest daughter of Anne & Gilbert Blythe. I was especially interested in Rilla of Ingleside because it deals with WWI & it was a very enjoyable as well as heartrending read. Virago are reprinting some of Montgomery's books & I was pleased to be offered Rilla of Ingleside & Jane of Lantern Hill for review. I think her writing must have helped her to survive her difficult circumstances with a husband afflicted with mental illness & her sons so very unsatisfactory. Montgomery's life was a far cry from the happy family life of Anne Shirley, the Cuthberts & Gilbert Blythe, who she eventually marries. I loved Lucy Maud Montgomery's Journals, which I borrowed on Inter Library Loan as they were published over many years. I've only read the first book in the Green Gables series, Anne of Green Gables, & that was many years ago.
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