The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L. M. Montgomery, Author of Anne of Green Gables

by Mollie Gillen

Book Overview

Lucy Maud Montgomery was a complex, contradictory woman whose literary achievements rank among the most popular of all Canadian writing. Every Canadian knows "Anne of Green Gables," yet very few of us know Lucy Maud Montgomery. Using diaries and letters Lucy Maud never intended to be made public, The Wheel of Things is a pioneering biography of one of Canada's most successful and important writers. Since its publication, the release of Montgomery's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889020183
• ISBN13: 9780889020184
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

groundbreaking bio

This to date has been the best biography on L. M. Montgomery, as most of the others simply re-hash each other both in content and in photos. This one covers new ground though, and covers old ground in a new and more insightful and thorough way. I especially liked how Mollie Gillen brings out Maud's contradictory nature, showing us that the public Maud (cheerful dutiful wife of a minister) was often at odds with the private Maud, a woman who often felt repressed, depressed, and stressed over events in her life. A new comprehensive biography for many years now been in the process of being written by Mary Rubio about the life of L. M. Montgomery, and I read somewhere that it's supposed to be published later this year. I can't wait. It'll be interesting to see how it stands against this book. I have high hopes. David Rehakauthor of "Love and Madness"