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Title: Jane of Lantern Hill by Ian Montgomery ISBN: 077106165X Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Pub. Date: 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73
Rating: 5
Summary: Gives me a warm, squishy feeling
Comment: I picked up this book because I had seen bits and pieces of the movie. I don't remember much about the movie anymore, but the book is great! Jane is one of the rare, thoroughly likable characters out there. The thousands of minute details are what make this book. You can read it many times over and the quirks of the Island people make it story come to life. The action is idealized, with a kind of back-in-the-good-ole-days feel, but everyone needs a little of that once in a while. I would like to live in Jane's world. Reading this book is like treating yourself to something wholesome but delicious. The parent-child relationship achieves a sense of real love as few books do. This book lets you grow up with Jane, and it is triumphant and laced with genuine life-lessons. Her despair and pain are real and touching without being over-dramatic. I can't help wondering if this was one of the first children's books written about divorce. Young people will like this book, and it won't do adults any harm, either.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of her best
Comment: When I first read this book, I had in fact never even heard of it before. On completing it I was surprised at this. Jane is probably one of Montgomery's most rounded characters, actually expressing the anguish that was only hinted at in other characters in other books.The tragedy of the lonely child trapped with her weak, unhappy mother and her bitter, dictatorial grandmother deals skilfully with the theme of divorce and seperation, and was probably considered revolutionary in its day.Jane's pain is very real as are the numerous lovable characters that populate this book.It might be considered dated and old fashioned today but a truly insightful and sensitive reader will sympathize with Jane and rejoice at her happiness.A beautiful and poignant book, that would set many readers thinking.
Rating: 5
Summary: To be enjoyed on many levels...
Comment: I have to say, I'm 25 years old and I still want to *be* Jane.
I've read this book countless times and as with all of Ms. Montgomery's work it grows with you. Far ahead of its contemporary novels in female characterization, Jane with her "can-do" attitude is a great role model for the girls of today. Not to mention the usual careful attention to detail this author is known for which makes her books enjoyable for all ages. As mysteries unfold and lives change you find yourself more and more ensconced in Jane's world. Jane is a very real character with her at times very adult and utterly disarming perceptions of her world and its inhabitants. Watch as a sullen, moody girl living under her grandmother's thumb becomes a bright and capable young woman fully realizing her potential due to new and unexpected influences in her life. Each step of Jane's personal transformation is fascinating and inspiring.
I do believe this was the final novel L. M. Montgomery wrote and the amazing talent inherent in all of her books combines with a lifetime of experience to make this an utterly enthralling read.
The only way I can convey how spellbinding this novel is to say: I don't recommend picking it up unless you have the time to read the entire book.
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Title: Mistress Pat by Lucy Maud Montgomery ISBN: 0770422462 Publisher: Bantam/Seal Pub. Date: 1997 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: A Tangled Web by Lucy Maud Montgomery ISBN: 0770422454 Publisher: Bantam/Seal Pub. Date: 01 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery ISBN: 1576463214 Publisher: Quiet Vision Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery ISBN: 0553280511 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 1989 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Doctor's Sweetheart and Other Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery ISBN: 0553563300 Publisher: Bantam Starfire Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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