Part of Anne of Green Gables, book 8
First published 2024
Rilla Blythe wants nothing more than pretty dresses and first kisses. As the youngest daughter of Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe, she sees no need for the serious studies that occupy her siblings. Life in Glen St. Mary should be a delightful whirl of social pleasures. Then the Great War arrives and casts its shadow over everything she knows. Sons and brothers march off to battle. Anxious news arrives from overseas. Love affairs face impossible obstacles. Rilla must shoulder responsibilities she never wanted but cannot avoid. The carefree girl who once thought only of her own happiness discovers that growing up means confronting a world far darker than she imagined. Montgomery concludes her beloved series by weaving a story that transforms personal coming of age into a meditation on how communities endure through crisis.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, coming-of-age, world-war-i, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, found-family
Setting: Glen St. Mary
Period: Great War
384 pages · Hardcover · LOUVERTURE