I understand why reviews say that this book is to appreciate when you are older. I am doing it now that I am in my twenties, because I can relate to Valancy: her lack of excitement, her mother, her relatives. She lives like a ghost, without actually living; until she gets the letter from her doctor ...
Valancy Stirling is twenty-nine, unmarried, and constantly reminded of said sad state by her overbearing and oppressive family, who belittle her, treat her like a child and unfavourably compare her to her younger, prettier cousin Olive. She's terrified of putting a foot wrong for fear of earning the...
I have always had a special infinity for Valancy. Growing up, Ms. Montgomery's Anne stories were wonderful and idyllic, but Valancy is the character with whom I related the most. Her family is odd and overbearing. She is ignored and considered inconsequential by all family members, including her mot...
What a delightful book! Who could not love this story about a woman who gains the courage to break free from the smothering yoke of her family and to make the most of the life she has left?This book was hilariously funny in some parts, always inspirational, and sometimes pretty sad. It was intense...
I don't think I could ever dislike something that L.M. Montgomery writes. She created Anne Shirley, my all-time favorite book character as well as Gilbert Blythe, my very first book crush. So, when I pick up one of her books I go into it having already half decided to be in love with it no matter wh...
Valancy is 29 years old. She is unhappy to her life as unmarried woman living with her mother and cousin. Valancy has spend her life living in fear of her family and relatives. When Valancy starts to suffer from heart pains she decides to visit a doctor and hears something she never though she would...
Sorry GR friends who love this book. Intellectually I recognise that some of the writing about the countryside is quite lovely, but in the end it left a bad taste in my mouth. I found it a bit maudlin.
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