Rilla of Ingleside

About this book

Between the shadows of the pine trees in Rainbow Valley and the roar of distant cannons beyond the ocean, a story is born unlike the usual clamor of wars, one that searches the corners of souls left waiting behind closed doors. Rilla Blythe, the girl who thought her greatest ambition was a new dress and a dance party under the lighthouse light, suddenly finds herself face to face with a collapsing world. While the boys who shared her childhood leave for the trenches of France and Flanders, Rilla discovers that heroism is not always on battlefields; it may lie in caring for an orphan baby placed in her hands in a blue soup tureen, or in keeping the flame of hope burning amid news of retreat and defeat. This book is a symphony of conflicting emotions, where the fragrance of wild flowers mingles with the smell of gunpowder, and innocent laughter transforms into legendary feminine steadfastness. Through the pages of this work you will watch with bitterness and tenderness how the fires of war melt childhood to forge from it a sudden maturity. Will Rilla remain the same Rilla-my-Rilla whom everyone loved? Or will the coming turn in the road carry a strange face with a scar that was never reckoned on? Prepare for an emotional journey redefining courage, waiting, and unbending faithfulness in a time when every train arriving from the front carried a new destiny.