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''The Blue Castle'', by [[LM Montgomery|L.M. Montgomery]] (better known for the ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' and ''[[Emily of New Moon]]'' series), is the story of Valancy Stirling, a 29-year-old [[Old Maid]] whose overbearing family makes her life miserable. Her only escape is through her daydreams as the chatelaine of a beautiful blue castle. When she finds out she has a terminal form of heart disease and only a year to live, she decides to leave home and at least have some adventures before she dies. She makes friends with the town pariahs: Roaring Abel Gay, an alcoholic; his daughter Cecily, an unmarried mother dying of tuberculosis, and Barney Snaith, a rumored criminal living on an island cottage, soon to become Valancy's love interest. Rather dark by Montgomery's standards, this book is a significant exception to her usual style of light teen romance, and consequently sadly underrated.