Emily of New Moon
Narrated by Andrew Bond
Emily of New Moon follows a lonely, imaginative orphan sent to live with strict relatives on Prince Edward Island, in L.M. Montgomery's classic novel.
When her father dies, twelve-year-old Emily Byrd Starr is left with no home of her own. Her mother's family, the proud Murrays, take her in at New Moon Farm, but not out of warmth. Stern Aunt Elizabeth thinks Emily is too much like the father she disliked, while gentle Aunt Laura and easygoing cousin Jimmy offer what kindness they can. Emily has to find her footing in a house that sees her as an obligation, not a daughter.
What keeps Emily going is a private gift: sudden moments of pure wonder she calls "the flash," and a fierce need to write down everything she sees and feels. She fills old letter-bills with poems and stories, even when Aunt Elizabeth calls it vanity and burns her pages. Alongside her, three unlikely friends round out her world — hot-tempered Ilse Burnley, artistic Teddy Kent, and rough, hardworking Perry Miller — each carrying their own hopes past New Moon's fences.
This is a quiet coming-of-age story about grief, belonging, and the stubborn pull of a creative life, set in the same Prince Edward Island world as Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. Readers who loved Anne Shirley's spirit will recognize Emily's, though her path is more inward and watchful, shaped by old family pride and small-town gossip as much as by friendship.
Andrew Bond's low, steady voice lets Emily's farm and its long summer evenings gather around you — good company for anyone who loves gentle, old-fashioned stories with a strong sense of place, and easy to drift down inside.
