The Blue Castle

At twenty-nine, Valancy Stirling has never been in love, never owned a thing that was truly hers, and never once defied the smothering relatives who run her small Ontario life. Then a doctor’s letter tells her she has only a year to live, and something in her breaks loose. She walks out on her family’s rules, speaks her mind for the first time, and takes a job caring for a dying woman, scandalizing everyone she knows. What follows is a warm, funny, and quietly radical story of a woman claiming happiness late. One of L. M. Montgomery’s rare novels written for adults rather than young readers, it has stayed a favorite for its sharp wit and its dream of freedom. Free to download as a PDF and EPUB.