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July 1st 1988
by Seal
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Paperback, 288 pages
isbn
0770422470
(isbn13: 9780770422479)
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Patricia Gardiner loved Silver Bush more than anything else in the world. She was born and raised in the beautiful old-fashioned house on Prince Edwar...more
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Read in June, 2008
I love this book! It's a laugh-out-loud funny and very charming story. My favorite characters are the hilarious housekeeper Judy and the darling orphaned neighbor boy, Jingle. Montgomery does her best work when writing about childhood. She does a wonderful job showing how magical it can be. And every time I read one of her books, I am reminded to be more aware of a grateful for the beautiful world around me.
I have to say a word about the book's sequel, however. Mistress Pat is an excruciati...more
I have to say a word about the book's sequel, however. Mistress Pat is an excruciati...more
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Read in September, 2008
I loved Pat of Silver Bush! Most of the "big" stories and series by L. M. Montgomery, I've grown up with, but Marigold, Jane, and Pat were somehow passed by in my girlhood reading lists. :) It's a delight to find that Maud's books are as enchanting to discover at nearly 20 as they were at 8.
This one was brimming with folklore in a way that gave it a slightly different feel from the others I've read. There was perhaps more of an old-time or backwoods feel--especially in the characte...more
This one was brimming with folklore in a way that gave it a slightly different feel from the others I've read. There was perhaps more of an old-time or backwoods feel--especially in the characte...more
recommends it for:
Every female.
For some reason, I really resonated with the Pat of Silverbush books. They were realistic to me, and Pat has such a love of home and the familiar, and then there are so many unexpected twists and turns in the plot, like real life, that it was endearing.
Strangely enough, I really liked the part where she has a frightening fever and loses all of her hair. And then when it grows back in curly and a darker color, well, I was just fascinated by that to no end.
There's just something so reso...more
Strangely enough, I really liked the part where she has a frightening fever and loses all of her hair. And then when it grows back in curly and a darker color, well, I was just fascinated by that to no end.
There's just something so reso...more
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Read in January, 2008
When I was entering my teens I fell in love with L. M. Montgomery's heroines. I started with Emily of New Moon and then moved on to Anne of Green Gables. While those two series still hold special places in my heart, I must say that I am baffled by Pat of Silver Bush.
Most of Montgomery's stories are about young women, usually pre-teen through late twenties, tacking adverse situations with grace and brains. Pat, though, comes from a fairly well to do family. She has a comfortable life and wan...more
Most of Montgomery's stories are about young women, usually pre-teen through late twenties, tacking adverse situations with grace and brains. Pat, though, comes from a fairly well to do family. She has a comfortable life and wan...more
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Read in March, 2008
I discovered Pat, after finding Anne, and Emily, and while she isn't my most favorite of Montgomery's girl heroines, I have read this book several times now...
Pat, like many of Montgomery's girls is a nature lover, is imaginative (though not as much as Anne Shirley), and unlike the others is very much a homebody. This clannishness is something that is a little odd to understand now, when families are spread so very far apart.
Though, we do see Pat grow, and change her opinions in the elev...more
Pat, like many of Montgomery's girls is a nature lover, is imaginative (though not as much as Anne Shirley), and unlike the others is very much a homebody. This clannishness is something that is a little odd to understand now, when families are spread so very far apart.
Though, we do see Pat grow, and change her opinions in the elev...more
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Read in October, 2008
Not as great as Anne, but much better than Emily. In the book, Pat grows from 6 years old to 18 years old, encounters fun, life, and tragedy, and grows up in many ways. Pat's defining characteristic is that she does not like change, because she loves everything so much just the way it is. That makes for some interesting situations as a younger sibling is born, older siblings grow up and move out, Pat makes and looses friends. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel. The only fly in the oi...more
Read in July, 2007
Classic children's fiction, of the "special girl who brightens the lives of those she comes into contact with" variety. Pat loves Silver Bush, where she lives with her family, more than anything.
This was my favourite L. M. Montgomery for a while. It jarred on me more than I remembered, in this reread. I do like Pat - I know that she's an unpopular heroine - and I enjoyed this as a nostalgia trip. But it felt more self-consciously charming than I was quite comfortable with. "De...more
This was my favourite L. M. Montgomery for a while. It jarred on me more than I remembered, in this reread. I do like Pat - I know that she's an unpopular heroine - and I enjoyed this as a nostalgia trip. But it felt more self-consciously charming than I was quite comfortable with. "De...more
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Read in August, 2003
A brother once gave me "Mistress Pat" for a present. I knew it was the sequel to a book, and I could not bring myself to read that before the first. One day SaraLyn needed something to read and she borrowed "MP." When she returned it, she presented me with this book saying she knew I would love the second so she got me the first so I could finally read it. I have always been so impressed by such sweetness and kindness of her to do that. And she was right, I did like both.
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Read in January, 2008
I haven't read anything by L.M.Montgomery in a long time, so I was afraid I might have outgrown her - but to my happy relief I am thoroughly enjoying the story of Pat, a girl who loves everything deeply and hates change of any kind until she gets used to it and learns to love it as deeply as she despised it at first.
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Read in January, 1992
recommends it for:
youngsters
I'm actually kind of vague on this book, and the maybe 20 other non-Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery books that I read over a decade ago---but I do know I realllly liked them. I wonder what it would be like to read one now. I'm guessing my 11 yr old self would come flooding back to me in a cringe-inducing way.
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This book was my absolute favorite growing up. I was never a huge fan of Anne of Green Gables, but loved the Pat and Emily books, as well as some of her others. This book, and it's sequel "Mistress Pat" I read 15 and 13 times each, respectively. I read a little too much as a kid, I think. :-)
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I love LM Montgomery's books. While many may describe her writing as quaint, I feel a reconnection to my childhood when I read her. I also rekindle my imagination when I read her works. This two book series is my favorite next to the Anne series.
I love Mongomery's books. I can read them over and over again. Some of the new fiction books are dark and depressing so it is great to be able to visit Prince Edward Island every once in awhile. The Anne books are great for that too.
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Read in February, 2008
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Loved it. Was my mom's favorite book since Pat was always so content with her own home, no matter how old-fashioned it was compared to other sophisticated homes or how much people looked down on them.
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i have read most of LM montgomerey's "non" Anne books, and have loved them all.
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Read in February, 2008
A childhood favorite and the perfect companion for a rainy Saturday.
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Read in January, 1984
recommends it for:
early teen girls
L.M. Montgomery never fails to present endearing characters.
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