CmPete's review
Before Green Gables
by Budge Wilson
CmPete's review
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
CmPete's review
rating:
Some prequels shouldn't be written at all they may be ok run of the mill novels, but they don't live up to the originals. Some require you to suspend what you know about the original books so you don't scream "NO!! Ashley's eyes weren't blue!!" as you read...
Before Green Gables is NOT one of those. This book takes very few liberties with what we already know about Anne-with-an-e, and provides a generous history for the beleoved heroine. I was entranced by the description of Anne's parents and their life before Anne. The description of their deaths in a flu-like epidemic was touching.
The long story of Anne's sojurn with a dyfunctional alcoholic family was well handled - voicing the confusion of a small soul in a world where nothing is certain. Her subsequent move to join a family of eight small children was appropriately chilling.
I enjoyed this book imensely - the author's voice did not conflict too much with Miss Montgomery's. And though I'm by no means an exp...more
Before Green Gables is NOT one of those. This book takes very few liberties with what we already know about Anne-with-an-e, and provides a generous history for the beleoved heroine. I was entranced by the description of Anne's parents and their life before Anne. The description of their deaths in a flu-like epidemic was touching.
The long story of Anne's sojurn with a dyfunctional alcoholic family was well handled - voicing the confusion of a small soul in a world where nothing is certain. Her subsequent move to join a family of eight small children was appropriately chilling.
I enjoyed this book imensely - the author's voice did not conflict too much with Miss Montgomery's. And though I'm by no means an exp...more
