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'The third volume of Montgomery's journals, again superbly edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston, is a beacon of sound scholarship and fine balance.' London Free Press
'Montgomery's most exciting book-so far.' Books in Canada
'These are journals so enlightening, so full of wisdom, humor, philosophy and tragedy that they are worth a winter's reading and reflection.' Ottawa Citizen
'Like the first two, it makes for compulsive reading as a document at once personal and brilliantly illuminative of a decade of our social history.' Literary Review of Canada
'The book, however, is irresistible to anyone who has read Montgomery's fiction....In it, Montgomery comes to life in a way that is only possible in the pages of a journal.' Toronto Star
'Montgomery's most exciting book-so far.' Books in Canada
'These are journals so enlightening, so full of wisdom, humor, philosophy and tragedy that they are worth a winter's reading and reflection.' Ottawa Citizen
'Like the first two, it makes for compulsive reading as a document at once personal and brilliantly illuminative of a decade of our social history.' Literary Review of Canada
'The book, however, is irresistible to anyone who has read Montgomery's fiction....In it, Montgomery comes to life in a way that is only possible in the pages of a journal.' Toronto Star
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Elizabeth Waterston is a 2011 Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada. In the 1920s, L.M. Montgomery is in mature mid-life, and her personal and professional lives are becoming even more complex. Montgomery juggles the demands of motherhood, parish obligations, indifferent household help, grief at the loss of older friends and family, and appeals by her P.E.I. clan for advice and assistance. There are also triumphs and trials more closely related to her position as a best-selling author:growing fame, the successful launch of her new heroines 'Emily' and 'Marigold', the struggle to allocate time for correspondence with publishers and fans -- and actually to write. We trace the happy conclusion of her lawsuits against an unscrupulous publisher, and the disappointing outcome of the tempest-in-a-teapot suit arising from a minor automobile accident. There are more personal worries: the Rev. Ewan Macdonald's envy of his wife's publishing and social success; the dark shadowcast by his recurrent attacks of religious melancholia; her concern lest their sons show similar tendencies. This volume of her journals shows Montgomery to be a complex, sensitive, successful and surprisingly contemporary writer.
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An insider's view of the early 20th century., Oct 7 1997
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This review is from: The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery: Volume III: 1921-1929 (Hardcover)
The third in the series, this journal continues to reveal L.M. Montongomery's life. Anyone with roots in Canada or an interest in history can enjoy this book as it documents the daily lives and routines of Canadians in the early 20th century by someone with a fluid pen who is right in the middle of it. It is as if you are reading your own grandparents or great grandparents diaries. Commenting on many aspects of the times, she very poiginately adresses the disinigration of the church body and the advances of science. A voracious reader herself, she revisits old favourites and reviews new literature and even addresses the point of pornography. She continually comments on the type of society she moves in as she hides her husbands meloncholia, attempts to hide a lost-lawsuit, and despite her great succes as an author, continues to be the minister's wife first. She writes more about the effects of her success in this volume and describes how it has affected tourism in her home in Cavendish. All the while, giving us insight into her very real daily life of her boys growing up and leaving for school, her older friends passing away, and her continual search for members of the race of Joseph--kindred spirits, real friends. It is a also a great book for people to read who are looking for mentors. L.M. Montgomery is a great Canadian woman and this series of her journals helps us see why without only seeing the perfect her. It is a charmer with great bits for dinner parties with friends. I eagerly await the final volumes.
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Fascinating, Feb 24 2005
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This review is from: The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery: Volume III: 1921-1929 (Hardcover)
Poor poor woman. I could scarcely put it down. But it brings up many questions. Why did she think that Mr. Leard, the Love of her life, was not worthy of her? Why did no one ask her husband Mr. McDonald what the heck was bothering him? Why did she not know in 5 years of courtship that something was terribly wrong with him? Poor, poor woman. The synthesis of this book is when she asks herself why a woman that she felt was mean and hateful was happy and she was not. Indeed, why?
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