Title:
Anne of Green Gables, my daughter, & me : what my favorite book taught me about grace, belonging & the orphan in us all
Author:
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
Carol Stream, IL : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2015.
Physical Description:
xv, 239 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781496403438
Abstract:
Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me is a witty romp through the classic novel; a visit to the magical shores of Prince Edward Island; and a poignant personal tale of love, faith, and loss. And it all started with a simple question: What's an orphan? The words from her adopted daughter, Phoebe, during a bedtime reading of Anne of Green Gables stopped Lorilee Craker in her tracks. How could Lorilee, who grew up not knowing her own birth parents, answer Phoebe's question when she had wrestled all her life with feeling orphaned--and learned too well that not every story has a happy ending? So Lorilee set off on a quest to find answers in the pages of the very book that started it all, determined to discover--and teach her daughter--what home, family, and belonging really mean. Deftly braiding three lost girls' stories together, Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me is a beautiful memoir that speaks straight to the heart of the orphan in us all and shows us the way home at last.
Contents:
All spirit and fire and dew: an introduction -- A couple of severe mental jolts -- I love her best when she is asleep and better still when she is awake -- Vanquishing Josie Pye -- A kindred spirit -- He shouldn't have called her carrots, but oh, that Gilbert Blythe! -- Finding Clara Macneill -- Bereft, left alone, and left (two birth mothers and daughters) -- Dispatches from the land of morning calm -- Lawful heart, did anyone ever see such freckles? -- I love my adopted child biologically -- Reunion vignettes -- Raspberry cordial and redemption in a bottle of Ipecac syrup -- Finding Walter Shirley -- Dear Tom -- (he did not say dear) Lorilee -- Twenty pounds of brown sugar and a garden rake -- A bend in the road.
Genre:
Language:
English
