Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery&amp;#8217;s life, and has put together a comprehensive and penetrating picture of this Canadian literary icon, all set in rich social context. Extensive interviews with people who knew Montgomery &amp;#8211; her son, maids, friends, relatives, all now deceased &amp;#8211; are only part of the material gathered in a journey to understand Montgomery that took Rubio to Poland and the highlands of Scotland.<br /> <br /> From Montgomery&amp;#8217;s apparently idyllic childhood in Prince Edward Island to her passion-filled adolescence and young adulthood, to her legal fights as world-famous author, to her shattering experiences with motherhood and as wife to a deeply troubled man, this fascinating, intimate narrative of her life will engage and delight.