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A review by chrisannee
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
5.0
2019 read:
Everything I learned about WWI came from this book and possibly the popular meme "If WW1 Was a Bar Fight."
In some ways, the world today is still reeling from the effects of WWI. I love this book because it isn't a romance. It's a medley of grief, growth, sacrifice, and compassion and so much of the terror, the desperation, and the tension were really hers and it shows in the writing. She looks at all angles, even the pacifist(though he's not really meant to be taken seriously), and settles down the untidiness that life always carries.
I unashamedly wept like a baby throughout this book (Susan and Norman notwithstanding). It might have been the seasonal depression thing. But it probably was Montgomery's underscoring of the vivid helplessness and desperation that you feel when your world crashes around you and there is nothing you can do but hope, pray, and do the menial day-to-day things that make no difference.
Everything I learned about WWI came from this book and possibly the popular meme "If WW1 Was a Bar Fight."
In some ways, the world today is still reeling from the effects of WWI. I love this book because it isn't a romance. It's a medley of grief, growth, sacrifice, and compassion and so much of the terror, the desperation, and the tension were really hers and it shows in the writing. She looks at all angles, even the pacifist(though he's not really meant to be taken seriously), and settles down the untidiness that life always carries.
I unashamedly wept like a baby throughout this book (Susan and Norman notwithstanding). It might have been the seasonal depression thing. But it probably was Montgomery's underscoring of the vivid helplessness and desperation that you feel when your world crashes around you and there is nothing you can do but hope, pray, and do the menial day-to-day things that make no difference.