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Jane of Lantern Hill
by L.M. Montgomery
I went into this book with zero expectations, having read the Anne of Green Gables as a child where much of the writing style and language went over my head and left little impact on me. If you're expecting the happy go lucky, plucky attitude of Anne Shirley, you're not going to get the same story. But if you like historical fiction and you go into this story with an open mind, you may be pleasantly surprised.
Protagonist Jane Victoria Stuart, aged 11-13 through the course of the novel, has a very lonely life where she lives with a single weak-willed parent and a grandmother who despises her very existence. Jane's grandmother lives to criticize and consternate her every move. Jane's mother will never show her affection in her mother's view and is seldom allowed to be alone with her. Jane's schoolmates and cousins belittle and despise her and she has only one friend who is an orphan.
Jane has grown up believing she is an orphan but finds out through a catty classmate that she has a father (and he wishes she'd never been born!). Not long after, a letter from her father arrived, requesting that Jane visit him for the summer so they can get to know each other. Jane's whole life is upended, opening a world of love and acceptance she's never known before. She blooms and develops skills she was never allowed to attempt and her confidence and faith in humanity grows. The charming descriptions of life on P.E.I. were an added bonus. When she returns to her lonely "home" in Toronto, things would never be the same.
This story is truly one about the transforming power of love. I was moved in ways I had not expected. I was really impressed with this book and will be picking up a copy to keep at my soonest convenience.
Protagonist Jane Victoria Stuart, aged 11-13 through the course of the novel, has a very lonely life where she lives with a single weak-willed parent and a grandmother who despises her very existence. Jane's grandmother lives to criticize and consternate her every move. Jane's mother will never show her affection in her mother's view and is seldom allowed to be alone with her. Jane's schoolmates and cousins belittle and despise her and she has only one friend who is an orphan.
Jane has grown up believing she is an orphan but finds out through a catty classmate that she has a father (and he wishes she'd never been born!). Not long after, a letter from her father arrived, requesting that Jane visit him for the summer so they can get to know each other. Jane's whole life is upended, opening a world of love and acceptance she's never known before. She blooms and develops skills she was never allowed to attempt and her confidence and faith in humanity grows. The charming descriptions of life on P.E.I. were an added bonus. When she returns to her lonely "home" in Toronto, things would never be the same.
This story is truly one about the transforming power of love. I was moved in ways I had not expected. I was really impressed with this book and will be picking up a copy to keep at my soonest convenience.