Why read Rilla of Ingleside?

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It's 1914 and the world is on the brink of war. But at almost fifteen, Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter, Rilla, dreams only of her first dance and getting her first kiss from the dashing Kenneth Ford. Soon, however, even far-off Ingleside is engulfed by Europe's raging conflict, as Rilla's…

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2 authors picked Rilla of Ingleside as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

acflory

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I loved Anne of Green Gables as a child, but as an adult, I fell in love with the last book of the series, Rilla of Ingleside.

Rilla is the youngest of Anne’s six children, and she can do nothing but wait as, one by one, her three brothers go off to fight in World War I. The middle brother, Walter, is a poet and does not want to fight anyone, yet as the war drags on, he finds himself pressured into enlisting.

I was a young woman during the Vietnam War, so I’ve always been proud of conscientious…

From acflory's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

Jeanie Nicholson

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The last book in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables series, this volume focuses on Anne’s children as they grow into adulthood during the tumultuous years of World War I.

With Anne’s youngest daughter Rilla as the central protagonist, Rilla of Ingleside is the poignant story of a young woman coming of age at a time when people thought the world might be coming to an end.

Rilla grows from a spoiled and flighty young teen to a capable and level-headed young woman as she watches the young men in her community – her brothers included – march…

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