# The Story Girl

> L.M. Montgomery's enchanting tale of a group of children on Prince Edward Island, held spellbound by a girl whose gift is storytelling. Warm, funny and nostalgic, it is a lesser-known gem from the author of Anne of Green Gables.

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## About
There is a kind of magic in a person who can tell a story so well that the world falls away, and Sara Stanley is exactly such a person. L.M. Montgomery's The Story Girl gathers a household of children around her gift and lets its warmth fill a whole summer.What it's aboutOn a farm on Prince Edward Island, a group of cousins and friends spend their days together, and at the centre of their circle stands the Story Girl, whose voice can charm any tale into life. Through a sequence of loosely linked episodes, the children share adventures, mischief, small triumphs and disappointments, all threaded through with the stories Sara spins, of legends, family history and local lore. There is no single dramatic plot so much as the unhurried unfolding of a childhood season, remembered with tenderness by one who was there.ThemesThe book is a celebration of imagination and the power of storytelling, and of the intense, fleeting world of childhood friendship. Montgomery writes beautifully of the natural landscape of the island, of the passage of time, and of the way ordinary days become, in memory, something golden. Beneath the comedy and charm runs a gentle awareness that such summers do not last, which gives the book its quiet ache.Why it still mattersThough overshadowed by Montgomery's famous Anne, this was reportedly among the author's own favourites, and it shows all her gifts: humour, warmth, a keen ear for how children speak, and an unmatched feel for nostalgia. Its affectionate portrait of imaginative childhood has kept it dear to readers who discover it, and it stands as one of her finest lesser-known works.Who it's forFor lovers of Anne of Green Gables looking for more of Montgomery's world, for readers who cherish warm, nostalgic stories of childhood, and for anyone who believes in the magic of a well-told tale. A gentle delight for young and old alike.

## Specifications
- language: en
- format: paperback