Montgomery had two imaginary friends growing up, who lived in a "fairy room" behind a bookcase in her grandparents' sitting room. So I wanted to write a story about it."²ġ4. The Blue Castle is set in Ontario, specifically Muskoka: "Muskoka is the only place I've ever been in that it could be my Island's rival in my heart. Nineteen of Montgomery's 20 novels are set in P.E.I. Why was Mother so still? And why was Father crying? I reached down and laid my baby hand against Mother's cheek."¹ġ3. Montgomery once wrote that her earliest memory was seeing her mother in her coffin: "I did not feel any sorrow, for I knew nothing of what it all meant. Montgomery's mother died of tuberculosis when she was nearly two, and her father would later move to Saskatchewan and remarry.ġ2. The photo was published in the magazine Everywoman's World. Pictured above is Montgomery's home in Cavendish, P.E.I.
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