Anne's House of Dreams

About the book

Anne and Gilbert begin married life near Four Winds harbour, where their small house offers the promise of a shared future. The neighbours soon make that future part of a larger network of stories. Captain Jim's memories, Miss Cornelia's emphatic judgments, and Leslie Moore's guarded unhappiness give Anne new forms of companionship and new reasons to question first impressions. Montgomery places domestic hopes beside experiences of suffering that cannot be resolved by optimism alone. The coastal setting supplies beauty without insulating its inhabitants from loss or difficult obligations. The novel's movement between humour and sorrow allows Anne's familiar responsiveness to deepen, asking what it means to sustain a happy home while remaining open to the complicated lives of the people around it.

• Marriage and home
• Compassion
• Joy and sorrow

Why read it

For an intimate Anne novel in which a new household grows through friendship with a vividly drawn seaside community.

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