Publisher, Tantor Media (August 2008)

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In the first sequel to Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Montgomery's feisty red-headed heroine is now sixteen and a school teacher in the small village of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. Although older, she isn't necessarily wiser -- and she hasn't outgrown her mischievous antics. She learns how complicated life can be when she takes two new orphans at Green Gables under her wings, meddles in someone else's love life, and learns about romance herself when she encounters the "odd behavior" of a very handsome man, Gibed Blythe.

Lucy wrote that Anne is an extension of herself and represents the independent, "new" woman of the emerging 20th century. Individualistic, resourceful, and of a great humanitarian heart, she remains a great role model for girls and women today.

About the Author: Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery was one of the most famous Canadian writers of the 20th Century. She is best known for her books for young adults, particularly ANNE OF GREEN GABLES and its six sequels which chronicle the adventures of Anne Shirley, a feisty but sentimental orphan who is adopted by elderly foster parents. Lucy published twenty novels and some 500 short stories and poems. Her writing, rich in imagination and full of lessons in optimism brought her international fame and remains popular today.

Lucy was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island in 1874. Soon after her mother died (when Lucy was just two) her father remarried and moved away. He left Lucy to be raised by her maternal grandparents in Cavendish. The isolation of this small town combined with the strict discipline of her grandparents led to an unhappy childhood.

Lucy was an avid reader and writer at an early age. She published her first poem in a local paper at the age of fifteen. She studied literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She then returned to Cavendish to take care of her grandmother, worked at a local post office and became a schoolteacher.

While caring for her grandmother, she wrote ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. The idea was based on a notebook entry from 1904: 'Elderly couple applies to orphan asylum for a boy. By mistake a girl is sent to them.' Several publishers rejected the book before it was finally accepted, when Lucy was 34, and it became a best seller. Eventually, it was made into a musical, a television movie, and a television series. Later in life, Lucy married a minister and moved to Ontario, where she died in 1942.

About the Performer: In addition to audiobook narration, Shelly Frasier has appeared in many independent film and theater projects in Arizona and southern California, and has developed character voices for animation projects and voiceover work for commercials. She trained at The Groundlings Improv School in Hollywood and South Coast Repertory's Professional Conservatory in Costa Mesa, California. She has performed at theaters throughout North Hollywood and Orange County. Recent performances include Blue Window, The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry, The Haunting of Hill House, and a British farcical version of A Christmas Carol. She resides in Hollywood.