![]() ![]() Fans of Montgomery’s novels will recognize much of Maud’s life in that of Anne, but even readers not familiar with those books will be easily drawn into her world. ![]() Fishbane lovingly captures the small-town charm of Maud’s Prince Edward Island home and the rugged frontier of Saskatchewan while etching an affecting portrait of a young woman determined to follow her heart and be something more, at a time when options for women were few. Maud makes new friends and even finds love in her new surroundings, but she always strives for more. Maud and her friend Nate grow close, but her grandparents don’t approve of him, and she’s sent to live with her father and his new family in Saskatchewan. You can preorder MAUD through amazon. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, will be published through Penguin Teen, imprint of Penguin Random House of Canada on April 25, 2017. They are distant, but Maud finds comfort in her writing, friends, and new teacher, Miss Gordon, who encourages her writing. Fishbane My book: My first YA novel, MAUD, about the teen years of L.M. ![]() But living with her grandparents on Prince Edward Island, she worries that this dream will never come true. The story opens in 1889, with 14-year-old Maud living with her maternal grandparents in Prince Edward Island. Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery - Maud to her friends - has a dream: to go to college and become a writer, just like her idol, Louisa May Alcott. In a delightful debut novel, Fishbane presents a fictional portrait of the teenage years of Anne of Green Gables author L.M. ![]()
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