After Anne: A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Life Author: Logan Steiner Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: William Morris Paperbacks Release Date: 2023 Pages: 362 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A stunning and unexpected portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, creator of one of literature’s most prized heroines, whose personal demons were at odds with her most enduring legacy—the irrepressible Anne of Green Gables . “ Dear old world,” she murmured, “you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you. ” —L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables , 1908. As a young woman, Maud had dreams bigger than the whole of Prince Edward Island. Her exuberant spirit had always drawn frowns from her grandmother and their neighbors, but she knew she was meant to create, to capture and share the way she saw the world. And the young girl in Maud’s mind became more and more persistent: Here is my story, she said. Here is how my name...