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Anne's House of Dreams
by L.M. Montgomery
Anne’s House of Dreams begins with Anne’s happily-ever-after. This book is one of the many reasons that I still love this series. It seems like so many good romances end with engagement or a wedding. In this book, we actually get to see Anne move and adjust to married life. She misses Avonlea and her friends there but embraces her new life as well.
There are new characters again who become beloved parts of the Anne story. Captain Jim, Leslie, and Miss Cornelia among others. Anne deals with sorrow in this book and something is “added to her smile that was never there before, but it was never without after.” We get to see how Anne’s own experience with sadness enables her to relate to others pain, without so much imagination needed to fill the gap.
It’s been a fun week of reading about Anne. It’s wonderful to come back to a childhood favorite and find that I still love it. I think one of my favorite things about re-reading this series is how well Anne illustrates the way awesome people come in and out of our lives. There are different seasons, and some dear friends are present through all of them, but many friends are only there for a season. It is good to watch Anne embrace the people and places of each season, and miss them when she moves on, but embrace the next place and set of people as well.
There are new characters again who become beloved parts of the Anne story. Captain Jim, Leslie, and Miss Cornelia among others. Anne deals with sorrow in this book and something is “added to her smile that was never there before, but it was never without after.” We get to see how Anne’s own experience with sadness enables her to relate to others pain, without so much imagination needed to fill the gap.
It’s been a fun week of reading about Anne. It’s wonderful to come back to a childhood favorite and find that I still love it. I think one of my favorite things about re-reading this series is how well Anne illustrates the way awesome people come in and out of our lives. There are different seasons, and some dear friends are present through all of them, but many friends are only there for a season. It is good to watch Anne embrace the people and places of each season, and miss them when she moves on, but embrace the next place and set of people as well.