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A review by goose_friends
The Alpine Path - The Story of My Career by L.M. Montgomery
3.5
This was so beautiful to read. It's so clear how much Anne was born in the heart of Lucy Maud. It was also so lovely to read about how she grew up and moved through her life, considering she was a woman in a time that it was not that easy to be a woman, especially one with career goals. Of course, she was incredibly privileged in many ways, which can't go unsaid. The sprinkles of Canadian patriotism were a little much, and also some of the naivety-driven comments about people of colour were pretty cringey.
All that being said, I really enjoyed the parts where she talks about her experiences writing and dreaming up Anne, of her time living in Halifax and working on the newspaper, and also her childhood and how her experiences growing up fed the stories she later dreamed of. I feel like a lot of Lucy Maud's experiences were pulled from in the writing of Anne with an E which was really cool to see. It seems like the writers really blended fact and fiction in the liberties they took when re-writing Anne's story, in ways that would very much compliment Lucy Maud if she lived today.
All that being said, I really enjoyed the parts where she talks about her experiences writing and dreaming up Anne, of her time living in Halifax and working on the newspaper, and also her childhood and how her experiences growing up fed the stories she later dreamed of. I feel like a lot of Lucy Maud's experiences were pulled from in the writing of Anne with an E which was really cool to see. It seems like the writers really blended fact and fiction in the liberties they took when re-writing Anne's story, in ways that would very much compliment Lucy Maud if she lived today.