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Work InformationRilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery (1921)
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The perfect conclusion to the series of 8 books. L. M. Montgomery's novels are amazing. ( ) Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead than going to her very first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Her brothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home an orphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept into a drama that tests her courage and leaves her changed forever. This is the most moving of all the Anne of Green Gables books. It tells the story of the First World War from the perspective of the Canadian Home Front. Written very soon after the war, it is as near contemporary an objective account as one can get of the dreadful choices facing the Canadian boys who faced a call-up to fight, and the treatment of their families back home. This story has the distinction of being the only Canadian novel about WWI written by a female contemporary of the war. Because the focus is life on the Canadian home-front during the war this is a very different book from the rest of the series. It is a much darker story. The war casts it's shadow. There are bright and light points, but much of the focus is on the hardship, fear and sorrow. The people were very patriotic. The only pacifist is the disagreeable neighbor no one likes. This book made me cry.
Rilla of Ingleside is a war novel at times masquerading as a young adult historical romance. But it is far more than that; it is a detailed study of rural Canadian life during the First World War, written by a woman who lived through it and distilled it all with her trademark restrained emotion into a gem of a novel. Montgomery writes beautifully and brings tears of both sorrow and joy on the turning of every page. I would recommend this book for anyone and everyone as it is a wonderful story and has all the elements needed for a good book. Notable Lists
Fifteen-year-old Rilla, the daughter of Anne Shirley Blythe, grows from a carefree, irresponsible girl into a strong and capable young woman during the war years, 1914-1918. No library descriptions found.
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