Pat of Silver Bush (1933) is a novel written by Lucy Maud Montgomery noted for her Anne of
Green Gables series. It portrays a girl named Patricia Gardiner who hates changes of any kind
and loves her home Silver Bush more than anything else in the world. She is very devoted to
her family: her father and mother her brothers Joe and Sid and her sisters Winnie and Rachel.
The book begins when Pat is 7 years old and ends when she is 18. This book has a sequel
Mistress Pat (1935) which describes Patricia Gardiner's life in her twenties and early
thirties during which she remained single and took care of her beloved home Silver Bush. Pat
hated changes as much as ever and found in Silver Bush a refuge where she was shielded from
them but changes happened nevertheless. In the course of eleven years new servants new
neighbors and new lovers came and went her brothers and sisters all got married and life at
Silver Bush was no longer as pleasant as before but Pat clung to her love of it desperately.
It was only in the face of horrible disasters that Pat found where her heart belonged for the
rest of her life. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942) was a Canadian author best known for a
series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels
as well as 530 short stories 500 poems and 30 essays.
