![]() ![]() As she was reading, LMM apparently dissolved into tears herself, and the atmosphere in that 1920s lecture hall was electric.Ģ) Walter! RIP you beautiful boy. Who could ever forget the powerful moment at the end when Jem Blythe finally steps off the train? I stumbled across an article which described how LMM was asked to do a reading from one of her books before a huge crowd, and chose that reunion scene. He sits at the station and waits 4.5 years for his master to come home, helping his human friends deal with a particularly traumatic crisis in the process. Yet the brave families waiting at home find ways to help with the war effort in their own unique ways, adding to the heroism required from everybody.ġ) Dog Monday! I adore this devoted fur ball. For Anne, the magical half hour before sleep becomes a time of torture. Newspapers and telephone calls become things of intense dread. The boys all enlist, leaving everyone at home dealing with the desperation and hopelessness of following their progress. At one stage, Gilbert remarks that other famous battles from myth and history books have been dwarfed in comparison. It's 1914 and the world is plunged into years of war of an entirely vast and unprecedented scope. ![]() The moment in time nobody ever expected crashes down on the Blythe and Meredith families. Note: If you haven't read this book, beware of spoilers as I've made no attempt to conceal major character deaths and survivals. ![]()
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