The Golden Road Published by Bantam Books by L.M. Montgomery
Series: The Story Girl #2
on February 1, 1989
Genres: Fiction, Classics, YA, Children's, Historical
Pages: 213
Source: Purchased
Format: Paperback
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Also by this author: Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon , Emily Climbs , Emily's Quest, The Blue Castle, Pat of Silver Bush , Mistress Pat , A Tangled Web, Magic for Marigold, Jane of Lantern Hill, Twice upon a Time: Selected Stories, 1898–1939
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ISBN: 0553213679
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When Sara Stanley, the Story Girl, returns to Carlisle to spend the winter with the King family, she comes up with a great idea. To help them through the dreary months ahead, she, Felicity, Cecily, and Dan will publish a magazine.
From "Personals" to "Fashion Notes" to an etiquette column and stories of the most interesting happenings in Carlisle, Our Magazine quickly becomes the most entertaining publication anyone in town has ever read. But seasons pass, nothing is forever--soon it will be time for the Story Girl to leave her good friends on Prince Edward Island, friends with whom she has walked the golden road of youth.
Cover art by Ben Stahl.
There are a few L.M. Montgomery books that I haven’t read–and each new book that I read of hers, feels like a new discovery!
The Golden Road is the sequel to The Story Girl which features Sara Stanley, a girl known for her captivating stories–living in the P.E.I. town of Carlisle with her cousins and aunts.
The Golden Road had a tad bit more melancholy feel to it, as it was the end of the children’s time together.
But, there were sweet moments of childhood trouble and blooming love.
At the end is where I felt that sadness which comes with knowing our characters have entered into another phase. And for these characters, it was the beginning of the end of their childhood. And a time of separation as many of the characters–including Sara–returned to their parents and went their own separate ways.
L.M. Montgomery was a master at making the reader feel all the feelings of life. And, I’m so grateful that I can rediscover these stories in my adulthood!
About L.M. Montgomery
The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911 in Prince Edward Island. Her three children were born at Leaskdale, and she wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the Macdonald family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926.
Maud died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
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