Helpful Score: 2
This is a set of short stories all set along the coast of Prince Edward Island, written with the usual charm of Montgomery's works. Most of the stories are written for older audiences -- there are tales of love lost and love found, family relationships, friendship, and the lure of the sea. These are appropriate for all readers with one caveat -- the last story, "A House Divided Against Itself" uses some language (including the "N" word) that was common when the story was published in 1930, but would be considered inappropriate by today's standards. Highly recommended for fans of Anne of Green Gables, or readers who enjoy stories of the sea with romantic, descriptive prose.
Helpful Score: 1
This is a lovely book. The content is wholesome and winsome, a delightful read for those preferably over the age of 12. I heartily recommend it!
These little glimpses into the lives of people on Prince Edward Island, Canada (PEI) (whether only perceived in Montgomery's mind or based on real people she knew) make me want to jump in a time machine and go there. Life was peaceful, very little rush. Poverty and unemployment were at a very minimum. It was not uncommon for extended families to live together even after they became grown ups.
I enjoyed each of the short stories told in this book, and am so very glad that Lucy Maud Montgomery braved the world of the writing industry. So many, many good books and short stories would have been lost to the world. Stories about life and death, about grow from a child and becoming a man or woman (known in some cultures as the right of passage), stories about unrequited love, lost and then found loves.
Finally, she writes about love at its best, full and complete with it's usual sorrows and gladness time, ups and downs, deaths and births, growing pains and growing old pains.
Suffice it to say that L. M. Montgomery wrote some of the most easily read books, and this book is full of some of her short stories that fulfill that pleasurable way of reading.
Great for sticking in the car for when you have those unexpected rides to a couple towns over or extra long delays for an appt with a DR or whatever. These are often just short enough to read before you appt actually arrives. And if you don't get the story finished before the appt begins, you won't mind taking the extra couple minutes to go ahead and finish before facing the traffic to get home :)
Excellent stories in here, which I highly recommend enjoying them.
I enjoyed each of the short stories told in this book, and am so very glad that Lucy Maud Montgomery braved the world of the writing industry. So many, many good books and short stories would have been lost to the world. Stories about life and death, about grow from a child and becoming a man or woman (known in some cultures as the right of passage), stories about unrequited love, lost and then found loves.
Finally, she writes about love at its best, full and complete with it's usual sorrows and gladness time, ups and downs, deaths and births, growing pains and growing old pains.
Suffice it to say that L. M. Montgomery wrote some of the most easily read books, and this book is full of some of her short stories that fulfill that pleasurable way of reading.
Great for sticking in the car for when you have those unexpected rides to a couple towns over or extra long delays for an appt with a DR or whatever. These are often just short enough to read before you appt actually arrives. And if you don't get the story finished before the appt begins, you won't mind taking the extra couple minutes to go ahead and finish before facing the traffic to get home :)
Excellent stories in here, which I highly recommend enjoying them.
