Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery is a young adult book by Melanie J. Fishbane based on L.M. Montgomery's teenage years. Published by Penguin Teen Canada in April 2017, the book is 400 pages long. It is a work of historical fiction that draws from historical documents about L.M. Montgomery's life and Canadian history.
Here is the book's description from Penguin Teen Canada:
For the first time ever, a young adult novel about the teen years of L.M. Montgomery, the author who brought us ANNE OF GREEN GABLES.
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. But living with her grandparents on Prince Edward Island, she worries that this dream will never come true. Her grandfather has strong opinions about a woman’s place in the world, and they do not include spending good money on college. Luckily, she has a teacher to believe in her and good friends to support her, including Nate, the Baptist minister’s stepson and the smartest boy in the class. If only he weren’t a Baptist; her Presbyterian grandparents would never approve. Then again, Maud isn’t sure she wants to settle down with a boy — her dreams of being a writer are much more important.
But life changes for Maud when she goes out West to live with her father and his new wife and daughter. Her new home offers her another chance at love, as well as attending school, but tensions increase as Maud discovers her stepmother’s plans for her, which threaten Maud’s future — and her happiness forever.
"Maud will be best appreciated by L.M. Montgomery aficionados, those for whom Anne, Emily, and the journals will never be enough."
—Kerry Clare, Quill & Quire
"[T]here's nothing dated about the relentless lack of understanding and warmth [Maud] experienced in her family life, something Fishbane conveys with aplomb."
—The Toronto Star
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Book cover of Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery.
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Created May 15, 2017. Last updated September 17, 2024.
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