“lt’s delightful when your imaginations come true, isn’t it?”
Anne (note the “E”) Shirley is tired of being an unloved orphan and is ready for change.
Elderly siblings, Matthew and Marilla, are tired of running the farm by themselves and are ready for a change.
So when Matthew and Marilla send for an orphan boy to help out at the farm…imagine their shock when they find eleven-year-old Anne Shirley at the train station.
At first, Marilla is determined to send her back…and Anne is devastated.
“My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.”
But soon, Anne’s whimsy, and bright-eyed love, and her fantastical words endears her to the curmudgeonly siblings.
“Life is worth living as long as there’s a laugh in it.”
But if Matthew and Marilla think raising Anne would be easy – ohhh, they are in for a surprise. She will keep them on their very tip-toes!
Ahhh…Anne. This book has gotten me through so many stages of my life that every time I read this book, it’s like coming home.
I don’t even truly have the words for it – I just love her.
Her wild imagination, her beautiful interpretation of the world, her desire to do what’s right…she’s truly iconic.
The only thing I wish was changed was that this book takes us from eleven-year-old Anne to about fifteen. I think it should have been one book per year, just because I want to spend more time with young Anne before we transition to her more grown-up books.
But even that criticism is quite light.
Honestly, if you haven’t read this book, I cannot recommend it enough.
