Maud - The LIfe of L.M. Montgomery Author:Harry Bruce Like her beloved character Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery spent her childhood in a rural farmhouse. Born November 30, 1874, and raised by strict, elderly guardians, Maud had an early life full of loneliness and struggle; however, she had a secret dream: to become a writer. — Whether teaching in a one-room schoolhouse, becoming one of the... more » first Canadian women journalists, making the best of a loveless marriage, or, finally, trapped in her hometown taking care of her aging grandmother and running the local post office, Maud was not only a woman of stormy moods and unshakable ambition but also an individual ahead of her time. Maud explores the passionate nature and irrepressible imagination of Lucy Maud Montgomery.« less