Fans of Anne of Green Gables know Marilla Cuthbert as the stern, no nonsense spinster who gradually opens her heart to orphaned Anne Shirley. But in Sarah McCoy's novel based on L. M. Montgomery's character, we meet her when she's just a girl herself. Dutiful Marilla works alongside her parents and her big brother Matthew at the Gables, the Cuthbert family farm. When her aunt Izzy comes for a visit, she draws the reserved girl out into Avonlea society, where she begins a friendship with the opinionated Rachel and develops feelings for her classmate John Blythe. Then tragedy strikes, and Marilla must choose between duty to her family and the call of her heart. Marilla of Green Gables pays loving homage to a classic literary character, creating a rich history for a complicated woman.