Before Green Gables

Nov 15, 2024 11:31 PM

Author:Budge Wilson

Before Green Gables

Before she had arrived at Green Gables, Anne Shirley had a difficult early life. Orphaned as a baby, she was sent from one foster-home to the next, caring for other people's children even though she was but a child herself, and escaping from her dark reality through the power of her vivid imagination. Curious, inventive and outspoken, even at a young age, Anne battles to make a life for herself by searching out kindred spirits, finding solace in her books, and dreaming of the day she has a family of her own.

Budge Wilson has developed the seeds of L. M. Montgomery's ideas into a fully realized, beautifully written story.

Reviews

Budge Wilson has captured the spirit of the Green Gables books

—— Pat Thomson , Carousel

Optimism and despair come in equal parts in Wilson's child-centred contemporary dramas

—— Oxford Times

I loved this book. It is honest and sensitive and a really quick read - that's because you'll need to keep turning the pages to find out what happens to Lola Rose, and Kendall, and her mum . . . highly recommended

—— Reading Matters

A truly great read!

—— Yorkshire Post

The fact that it doesn't end in a fairy tale happy ever after makes it more realistic because life isn't like that!

—— Boox: nine

Brilliant . . . Touching

—— Kids Stuff

Utterly memorable . . . Jacqueline Wilson has a beautifully light touch for such difficult subjects

—— SW Magazine

Jacqueline Wilson writes the kind of books you just can't put down, making you feel so many emotions that you don't know whether to laugh or cry . . . a must-read for teenagers

—— Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle

Chosen by a reader as her favourite book

—— Go Girl

Moving and intense story involving domestic violence and breast cancer but which manages to be uplifting about both.

—— Bournemouth Daily Echo

Yet another brilliant book that you never want to put down.

—— Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle

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