Rainbow Valley

<p>Rainbow Valley is the seventh book in the <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this book Anne Shirley is married with six children but the book focuses more on her new neighbor the new Presbyterian minister John Meredith as well as the interactions between Anne's and John Meredith's children.</p><p><br></p><p>The book is dedicated: To the memory of Goldwin Lapp Robert Brookes and Morley Shier who made the supreme sacrifice that the happy valleys of their home land might be kept sacred from the ravage of the invader. This refers to World War I which is the main theme of the next and final book in the series <em>Rilla of Ingleside</em>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the author</strong></p><p>Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30 1874 - April 24 1942) published as L. M. Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels essays short stories and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories 500 poems and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character orphan Anne Shirley made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island and those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site - namely Green Gables farm the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.</p><p> </p><p>Montgomery's work diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide. The L. M. Montgomery Institute University of Prince Edward Island is responsible for the scholarly inquiry into the life works culture and influence of L. M. Montgomery. (wikipedia.org)</p>