Cover Photo: Photo courtesy of the author
Photo courtesy of the author

Looking for Anne of Green Gables

A fan-pilgrim expects to find a special world, a sense of belonging. I just wasn’t sure what I’d find on Anne’s island.

go off inside me

The beach at Cavendish / photo courtesy of the author

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Though I assumed this was just an expression, the cows really did cross right next to our cottage, a plain beige-sided box built for summer living.

bewatch

forcedWho should I be?

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The author at Green Gables

Why brown?

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Anne's room at Green Gables / photo courtesy of the author

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already

be

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Shannon Fandler is a Philadelphia-area writer whose work has appeared in Vela, Hippocampus, Apiary, and elsewhere. She is a 2017 Edward F. Albee Fellow. She teaches at Rutgers University - Camden and is a staff writer for Child's World NEWS.