The Road to Yesterday

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Summary: The Road To Yesterday
Review: As a Lucy Maud Montgomery fan I loved this book. It showcases her amazing ability to make a character live and breath...even across 70 years. The only thing I did not like was the almost forced inclusion of the Blythe family. I bought this book BECAUSE it had further references to beloved Anne, however the insertion of a Blythe into every story was a bit of a drawback at times because the stories were not about the Blythes and just gave enough information to make you wish they were. Over all I would definately reccomend this to any reader who enjoys classic tales about human nature in all of its derivations. And after all, who ever wants to let go of Anne-with-an-e.

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Summary: Quite simply the best Montgomery short story collection
Review: I gave up reading the Montgomery short story collections (e.g. Akin to Anne) after a while because they were obviously written simply to make money and had little or no literary merit or originality. They were not intended to be published in book form anyway. However 'The Road to Yesterday' was. The stories are well up to Montgomery's standard and are very varied - some romantic, some sad - but all very good. Especially worthy of mention is 'Here Comes the Bride' which very cleverly builds up a story from many different viewpoints. 'Penelope Struts her Theories' has to be read just because of the title.

As another reviewer has noted, the inclusion of the Blythes into every story does seem somewhat forced in parts, but provides a common link which truns the book more into a book rather than just a random selection of stories.

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Summary: A good read
Review: This book was very interesting and funny,the best of Montgomery's short story collections. The only flaw was the constant referances to the Blythes---especially since everyone thought that they were either perfect. Those that didn't was implied to be jealous of them. How can there be such a family? However the stories were delightful especially, "The Twins Pretend" and "Penelope struts her theories"

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Summary: A good read
Review: This book was very interesting and funny,the best of Montgomery's short story collections. The only flaw was the constant referances to the Blythes---especially since everyone thought that they were either perfect. Those that didn't was implied to be jealous of them. How can there be such a family? However the stories were delightful especially, "The Twins Pretend" and "Penelope struts her theories"

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Summary: Great book
Review: While this is not my most favorite of LMM's short story collections, it does have very good stories. It offers a few extra tidbits about the Blythes, although I agree with others, that it seems a bit forced at times. However, I want to make a point of saying that this book includes what I think may be LMM's most powerful short story: A Commonplace Woman. That story alone is worth buying the book. It is an incredible tale of the life of one woman, who everyone thinks is simply an old boring woman, who never did anything of interest in her life. As she lies in a bed upstairs dying, her relatives sit around downstairs waiting for her to die and talking about how boring her life was. Meanwhile, the woman, Ursula, is remembering her life and the one secret that made her and her life extremely rewarding and interesting, and if anyone had known of it, they would change their opinion of her in a hurry. I don't want to give away what the secret is, but, believe me, it's a wonderful story, easily the most beautiful, sad, thought-provoking and rich of LMM's short stories, once you get past the somewhat long- winded beginning! Besides this one, I highly recommend all of Lucy Montgomery's books, they are all excellent. I re-read most of mine very year!

Rating:
Summary: Great book
Review: While this is not my most favorite of LMM's short story collections, it does have very good stories. It offers a few extra tidbits about the Blythes, although I agree with others, that it seems a bit forced at times. However, I want to make a point of saying that this book includes what I think may be LMM's most powerful short story: A Commonplace Woman. That story alone is worth buying the book. It is an incredible tale of the life of one woman, who everyone thinks is simply an old boring woman, who never did anything of interest in her life. As she lies in a bed upstairs dying, her relatives sit around downstairs waiting for her to die and talking about how boring her life was. Meanwhile, the woman, Ursula, is remembering her life and the one secret that made her and her life extremely rewarding and interesting, and if anyone had known of it, they would change their opinion of her in a hurry. I don't want to give away what the secret is, but, believe me, it's a wonderful story, easily the most beautiful, sad, thought-provoking and rich of LMM's short stories, once you get past the somewhat long- winded beginning! Besides this one, I highly recommend all of Lucy Montgomery's books, they are all excellent. I re-read most of mine very year!