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Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings (Hardcover)

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Hardcover: 752 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Canada (Oct 3 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385659830
ISBN-13: 978-0385659833
Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.5 x 4.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg

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"Rubio deftly paints the portrait of a multitasking modern woman with an amazing work ethic. The biography soars with the energy of its title, but delves even deeper into Montgomery's dark side."
— The Globe and Mail

"A poignant story about a real family…. The result of Rubio's research is pure Canadian Gothic: a story of sexual repression, class conflict and family secrets."
— The Gazette (Montreal)

"Absolutely gripping … nothing short of brilliant, an un-put-downable read, and a wonderful examination of this troubled woman's tragic life."
— Ottawa Citizen

"Magisterial."
— National Post

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Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery’s life, and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian literary icon, all set in rich social context. Extensive interviews with people who knew Montgomery – her son, maids, friends, relatives, all now deceased – are only part of the material gathered in a journey to understand Montgomery that took Rubio to Poland and the highlands of Scotland.

From Montgomery’s apparently idyllic childhood in Prince Edward Island to her passion-filled adolescence and young adulthood, to her legal fights as world-famous author, to her shattering experiences with motherhood and as wife to a deeply troubled man, this fascinating, intimate narrative of her life will engage and delight.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating, impeccably researched portrait of one of Canada's best loved authors, Oct 20 2009

By	L. Bourque (Windsor, Ontario) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

I love Lucy Maud Montgomery's books. I have read almost all of them now, and before I found this biography I often wondered at the story behind the books. This book satisfied my curiosity, and then some. I found it utterly fascinating, and quite impossible to put down.

Mary Henley Rubio is the foremost expert on this beloved Canadian author. She edited Montgomery's journals before they were published, and has spent over twenty years researching her life. This research includes many dozens of interviews, most of them back in the eighties, with people who knew Lucy Maud personally, such as her maids, or with people who knew people who knew her personally. Rubio certainly left no stone unturned in her quest to create a complete picture of the author's life.

She mentions early in this biography that while editing Montgomery's journals, she soon arrived at the conclusion that they were only part of the story. In the journals, Montgomery told the story of her life as she wanted it to be remembered. She left much of the most embarrassing, painful, or personal details out, because she always intended her journals to be published. Therefore Rubio has tried, and I believe succeeded, in finding all the missing pieces to Montgomery's life, all the details that were absent from her journals, which often don't talk much about herself at all, but about the events around her.

As I have said, I found this biography hard to put down. Rubio is an excellent writer and she weaves the story of Montgomery's life in such a highly readable and engaging way. Her writing is never sensational or disrespectful; rather, she takes a compassionate and understanding tone towards Montgomery and those she knew. Really top notch writing.

While the early parts of the book detailing Maud's childhood and youth on the beautiful Prince Edward Island were very enjoyable to read, as the story of her life moved on, it became less enjoyable to read, although perhaps more compelling. Montgomery suffered much in her life. After World War I, her writing, seen as too idealistic, fell out of critical and academic favour, which was crushing to her. Her oldest son was a scoundrel through and through; her husband suffered debilitating bouts of severe depression; and perhaps worst, both she and her husband, who trusted their doctors, became sadly dependent over the years to a myriad of prescription drugs. Rubio proposes the idea that these barbiturates and bromides, many of which are known to be poison today and banned, could have been Montgomery's ultimate downfall.

Although the last twenty years of Montgomery's life form a deeply tragic narrative, the portrait of the woman herself that we are given here is always inspiring. To the very end of her life, Montgomery kept writing her cheerful and pleasant stories. She believed in the power of the imagination to transport us from our dreary lives to a happier plane of existence, and this is what she tried to do with her books. She refused to give into the trend of the times and make her books depressing and realistic; she wanted to give her readers a refreshing break from the real world, and focus mostly on the positive aspects of humanity. And of course, on the beauty of nature, which was always one of Montgomery's deepest passions.

All in all, for anyone who is remotely interested in Montgomery's writing, this biography is a fascinating and engaging read. I can't imagine that there is another biography out there that even comes close to this one. Highly recommended.

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