A review by missbryden
Pat of Silver Bush by L.M. Montgomery

3.0

Stands out as seemingly different from most of LMM's work in that Pat has her whole family - mother, father, multiple siblings, aunts and uncles and cousins - and they're all mostly happy with each other. Yet, the mother still seems a bit angelic and distant in the narrative, and father and siblings don't seem to get featured all that much either.
What is of a theme with other LMM works is featuring youth and elderly generations together: in this case, it's Judy, the housekeeper, that is most quoted and Pat and everyone seem to spend the most time with. This is not a bad thing, but we're told how much Pat and family mean to each other, but we're not really shown it.
The being in love with nature is also of a theme with other LMM works, but where it goes a step further, is Pat seems to be more in love with the land and house than she ever is with people, either familially or romantically.

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