Rilla, Anne Shirley's youngest daughter, discovers the problems and difficulties of coming of age during the terrifying days of World War I.
Rilla, Anne Shirley's youngest daughter, discovers the problems and difficulties of coming of age during the terrifying days of World War I.
Anne's children were almost grown up, except forpretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resisther bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla,almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead thangoing to her very first dance at the Four Windslighthouse and getting her first kiss fromhandsomeKenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challengesawait the irrepressible Rilla when the world ofIngleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Herbrothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home anorphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept intoa drama that tests her courage and leaves her changed forever.
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island in 1874. Her universally beloved Anne of Green Gables has been translate into 15 different languages and was made into a film. Ms. Montgomery died in Toronto on April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
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