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Pat Of Silver Bush

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I have read the entire Anne series, The Blue Castle, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Story Girl and The Golden Road...but Pat of Silver Bush touched me in a way that none of the other novels did. The book follows Patricia Gardiner from age seven to age eighteen, but does not seem rushed. There is no complicated plot involving secret identities and there is very little melodrama, in my opinion. Pat of Silver Bush is "character-driven" and realistic. It celebrates the beauty of home and of everyday life. Over and over, the descriptions made me shiver and sigh. The episode in which Pat gets lost after running away from her aunt's house and meets Jingle on the road is wonderful. I sympathized with Pat's fear and with her relief and, finally, with the overwhelming joy she feels when she arrives home and sees the windows all lit up. When Pat stayed out after dark with her friends (or alone) I could almost feel the way the evening air would brush against my cheeks and shoulders if I were out on a summer night on Prince Edward Island. Pat's friendship with Bets is sweet and realistic. It made me think, "Every kid should have at least one really close friend like that." Pat's infatuations with different boys when she is a teenager are also realistic...they reminded me of some of my own experiences, even though I was a teenager in the 1990's! If you are a sensitive person who delights in little pleasures (and if you like a book that will make you cry), read Pat of Silver Bush. The only thing about the book that got annoying at times was Judy's dialect. I think readers can imagine an Irish brogue without constantly seeing it spelled out phonetically. I won't dock my rating any stars for it, though. It can be distracting, but it doesn't really take away from the novel.

Miss Lucy Maud Montgomery is one of my favorite authors. I love all her works. Among them the 'Pat' stories (including 'Pat of Silverbush' and 'Mistress Pat') are my favorites.

I grew up in a family with beloved parents and three sisters. As time pass by, I am the only child in my family who still remain single and live in 'our home', which is a cozy house with lots of love and memory. Perhaps that is the reason why I was so touched by Pat's story. The joy and loneliness of Pat are so vivid and real to me.

I read with laughers and tears with Pat's story and I believe your will, too. This book is a must-read to anyone who cherish family and memory of live!

L.M.Montgomery, as usual, has created a true classic! I am seventeen, and I am still entrigued by it! This story about Pat, the little girl who loves her beautiful home more than anything; Jingle, the little boy whom Pat befriends and for whom she makes life bearable, and many other charming characters (I especially liked Judy!) is one which anyone could fall in love with. L.M.Montgomery's classic style of warmth and innocence is in full force here. You can also always count on her giving marvelous descriptions. I love that she does that! You can actually see what she is describing! A great book! I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good story that is written well, and which doesn't have a lot of smut! What are you still reading this for? Go get it! Just kidding.

Lucy Maud Montgomery once said that of all her
characters, the one that she was the most like was
Pat Gardiner. Pat is certainly one of my favorite
of her characters. She is a girl who loves her
home and family, and the only thing she desires is
that change should never come to Silver Bush. But
changes come, and Pat deals with them, helped by
her friends Jingle and Bets, and by the family
servant, Judy Plum. Judy is one of Montgomery's
most entertaining characters. She knows a story
about everyone, and the stories she tells will
have you shaking with laughter. This book will
produce both tears and laughter, and is one that
you will read again and again until the covers are
old and worn.

Lucy maud Montgomery is my favorite author and Pat of Silverbush (+ the sequel'Mistress Pat') are my favorites.I loved Pat so much and all the things that happen to her during this two volumes really touched me,thanks to the magic Lucy Maud produced.I laughed and I cried very hard.The story was so vivid to me that I still think of Pat sometimes as though she was a real person.This heartwarming story is the best to take you to a different world.You will read it in no time,and while you do all you can think of is Pat.

Although Pat of Silverbush is not L.M. Montgomery's biggest triumph, it performs up to expectations. The story is firmly rooted in reality as it tells the story of Pat Gardiner, her family, and life at Silverbush, Pat's beloved home. The book follows Pat's expansive imagination in her childhood, and then her struggles to accept change as her family changes as she grows older. The book ends when Pat is eighteen, but her story is picked up in Mistress Pat (which I have not yet read). The book does slow down at times, and there are a few predictable events, but overall this is a charming story about a farming family on PE Island that will bring a sigh of contentment out of any reader.

This book is pretty wonderful. It's not quite as good as the Anne and Emily books, but it is one that I love to re-read every so often. I can identify with Pat and her love for her home and not wanting things to change, but dealing with the changes and learning to get along in the world. The descriptions are great, and there are many funny and touching episodes. I also enjoy Judy's Irish dialect, it makes her a fun character. This is definitely a must-read if you like Anne and Emily and the others. However, the sequel, Mistress Pat, was not very good at all. I've only read that one once, but it was boring and seemed a bit pointless. But Pat of Silver Bush is excellent and highly recommended.

I think this book was very good, but not quite as good as the Annes&Emilys, althought Montgomery confesses she acts more like herself in Pat Silver Bush. Patricia Gardiner her given name, is interesting, but not like Anne is. And yes, indeed, Judy is funny. But this book just doesn't quite have the charm and imagination and fun read as Anne. I suggest that you read the Anne and Emily's first, then please read Pat of Silver Bush, though it really is Stellar for Montgomery's later work :-)

In this book, the thing that stands out the most is how Montgomery wrote about the land. It is beautiful and everybody would have a picture in their mine, different but perfect for everybody. I love this setting more than any other books she has written. It is true, Judy's long rants/speech does get annoying at times, but it wouldn't be the same without her. Pat's character is complex and it is only at the end of the sequel you know quite a lot....overall, i would like to say that not everybody will like this book, but those who have read the emily trilogy will also enjoy this book.

Although there has been a resurgence of interest in Montgomery of late, this book and its sequel are almost often ignored -- often because of the unending negativity that pervades the book. But the humor shows how Montgomery survived much of her own troubles (many of which she experienced while writing these books). After all, she did say she put more of "herself into Pat" and I think this shows.