L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years 1930-1933

L.M. Montgomerys journals speak of simple pleasures and deep joy dogged worries and profound disappointments. The story of her life from 1930 to 1933 is as gripping as the earlier volumes published by Rocks Mills Press.This volume is different from earlier ones in a surprising way however: It has happened. It is too cruel and hideous and unexpected to write about. I have spent two days in hell. I cannot see how I am to go on living. . . . And I have had to keep up a face to the world when something in my soul was bleeding to death (February 5 1933). The truth of this cruel and hideous event is for a time too dificult to commit to her journals; it casts a shadow of shame on Montgomerys life for months. When she finally explains it is page-turning material that gives a fascinating look into the hidden side of life in Ontario almost a century ago.Montgomery also recounts other difficult situations facing her in those years including attempts to help a slippery young man facing embezzlement charges and a younger womans obsessive crush on her. Over 100 of Montgomerys own photographs are included many never before published. This edition also includes an introduction extensive notes and an index of photography all original to this edition.