<p>Marilla Cuthbert was fifty-two years old when the plucky red-headed Anne Shirley came to live with her and her brother, Matthew, at Green Gables farm on Prince Edward Island. A seemingly cold and dour spinster, her heart eventually softens to the loveable orphan girl. But for over a century readers have wondered, who was Marilla before Anne? </p>
<p>In Louise Michalos’s remarkable debut novel, readers are introduced to a spirited eighteen-year-old Marilla Cuthbert—a girl not unlike Anne herself—who is desperately in love, and whose whole life is spread before her. But when a moment of defiance brings life-changing consequences, a new Marilla begins to take shape, one who would learn to bear tragedy like a birthright, and loss as an inevitability, and who would hold steadfast to the secrets that could shatter the lives of everyone around her. </p>
<p>Weaving its way from Marilla’s early life in Avonlea to her coming-of-age in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and back, <i>Marilla Before Anne</i> is the story readers of <i>Anne of Green Gables</i> have longed for. Told with a refreshingly original East Coast voice, this exquisite, heartbreaking work of historical fiction takes readers on a journey back in time, to the Green Gables where Marilla Cuthbert lived, loved, and learned, long before Anne.</p>
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A Lark for Anne fans: Dartmouth Book Exchange’s top 5 books from our Holiday Guide
The manager of Dartmouth Book Exchange, Sue Slade, shares her top five picks from our 2022 Holiday Book Gift Guide. Find the DBE online and on Facebook. Nosy Parker by […]
The manager of Dartmouth Book Exchange, Sue Slade, shares her top five picks from our 2022 Holiday Book Gift Guide. Find the DBE online and on Facebook. Nosy Parker by […]
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