L M Montgomery: Extraordinary Canadians Series -by Jane Urquhart -a Signed Copy ( Lucy Maud ) by Urquhart, Jane (signed); Introduction By John Ralston Saul / Extraordinary Canadians Series ( L M [ Lucy Maud ] Montgomery related) - 2009

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Penguin / Extraordinary Canadians Series, 2009, 1st edition, First Printing, 2009. -----------hardcover, a Fine example, in a Fine dustjacket, looks and feels unread, signed and inscribed "For Anne with the proper 'e' Jane Urquhart Burlington 2009", 161 pages, ---"New material about the private life of Lucy Maud Montgomery has prompted a searching look at the beloved author of Anne of Green Gables. While her fictional characters inhabited a world where love and close community bonds overcame all tribulations, Montgomery's real life was marked by grief and loneliness. Married to a clergyman who suffered from a debilitating mental illness, Montgomery struggled to keep up appearances in a Victorian society that valued propriety at all costs. As she aged, depression engulfed her; nonetheless, throughout her life, she maintained her prolific output of fiction, attracting ever-increasing numbers of fans. Acclaimed novelist Jane Urquhart has written several novels centring on the role of the artist. Here, she explores the life of a woman whose successful literary career broke the boundaries set for women of her time, but who could not escape the societal strictures of Victorian Canada or her own demons."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo, ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine (see description)/Fine (see description). Illus. by Anita Kuntz Cover Art. NOT Price Clipped.