"Divided into two sections, one set before and one after the Great War of 1914{u2013}1918, it contains fifteen short stories set in and around the Blythes{u2019} Prince Edward Island community of Glen St. Mary. Binding these stories are sketches featuring Anne and Gilbert Blythe discussing poems by Anne and their middle son, Walter, who dies as a soldier in the war. By blending together poetry, prose, and dialogue in this way, Montgomery was at the end of her career experimenting with storytelling methods in an entirely new manner"--From publisher description.