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Favorite Childhood Books (282) Comfort Reads (6) Favourite Books (170) » 16 more Female Author (170) 1920s (70) Best Canadian Books (24) Female Protagonist (302) Books Read in 2013 (679) A Rainbow of Books (69) I Could Live There (20) KayStJ's to-read list (914) No current Talk conversations about this book. Probably my favorite L.M. Montgomery book. It feels to me like a fairy tale for adults. ( ![]() A coming-of-age story that is a bit naive in this day and age but insightful for young adults reaching independence. Charmingly witten although dated. Valancy Stirling has been emotionally abused all her life, she is worn down into a shadow of a human, dependant on others (as many women were at the time), dealing with her wants and needs being neglected, she escapes in the works of John Foster, who writes about nature. She sometimes escapes to an imaginary place that is a blue castle. Her life changes when she hears that she has a deadly heart condition and now she only has a short time to live and she decides that she's not going to live her life as it was, she's going to live her life as she wants. This leads her on an adventure that will change her life forever. I really enjoyed it, found it uplifting and hopeful. I still love Emily, but the hopelessly romantic, yet stubbornly practical Valancy Stirling is now close in the running for my most favorite L.M. Montgomery protagonist. The "twists" in this are predictable, but I adore the lush description and the sharp observation, the quirky characters, and the small-town charm of Montgomery's books and this was no exception. I enjoyed every bit of this sweet story and read almost perpetually with a smile on my face. I'm sentimental about this book because I read it at a certain point in my life when things were very bleak and all I could think about was disappearing. Probably also for that reason, I can't bear to read anyone saying Bad Things about it. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553280511, Mass Market Paperback)At twenty-nine Valancy had never been in love, and it seemed romance had passed her by. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she found her only consolations in the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle. Then a letter arrived from Dr. Trent -- and Valancy decided to throw caution to the winds. For the first time in her life Valancy did and said exactly what she wanted. Soon she discovered a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:10:15 -0400) Valancy Stirling, 29, lives with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt and worries that she will never find love and marriage. She finds the only consolation for her loneliness in the "forbidden" books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle. But when a letter arrives from Dr. Trent she finally dares to do and say exactly what she wants to with surprising and wonderful results.… (more) |
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