Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 3
6. Prologue
7. Leaskdale: L.M. Montgomery's RainbowValley 21
8. A New Home in Leaskdale: War and Religion
9. “To the Memory of”: Leaskdale and Loss in the Great War 35
10. “Being a Christian” and a Presbyterian in Leaskdale 54
11. The Changing World of Women: Mother, Daughter, Friend
12. “A Gift for Friendship”: Revolutionary Friendship in Anne of the Island and The Blue Castle 77
13. The New Mother at Home: Montgomery's Literary Explorations of Motherhood 91
14. Shadows in Rainbow Valley: Loss and Grief
15. The Shadow on the House of Dreams: Montgomery's Re-Visioning of Anne 113
16. “My Pen Shall Heal, Not Hurt”: Writing as Therapy in Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes Are Quoted 131
17. Interlude
18. L.M.M. 147
19. A Sense of Place: Reading and Writing
20. Old Years and Old Books: Montgomery's Ontario Reading and Self-Fashioning 151
21. (Re)Locating Montgomery: Prince Edward Island Romance to Southern Ontario Gothic 166
22. Travels to Muskoka: Commodification and Tourism
23. Propriety and the Proprietary: The Commodification of Health and Nature in The Blue Castle 187
24. Bala and The Blue Castle: The “Spirit of Muskoka” and the Tourist Gaze 203
25. Life in Toronto: Professional and Cultural Links
26. Advocating for Authors and Battling Critics in Toronto: Montgomery and the Canadian Authors Association 223
27. Toronto's Cultural Scene: Tonic or Toxin for a Sagged Soul? 238
28. Epilogue
29. Dear Grandmother Maud on the Road to Heaven 263
30. Appendix
31. Montgomery's Ontario Legacies: A Community Presence in the Twenty-First Century 275
32. Notes 281
33. Bibliography 305
34. Contributors 317
35. Index 324