Last year, the Blue Castle was a book club pick, so the main Silver Petticoat Book Club discussion already happened. While Valancy seeks peace, she may also find true love along the way! THE BLUE CASTLE BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION Soon, she also finds herself proposing to Barney without really knowing him, making the most of her life in its final months. Of course, everyone in her family and the town believe she’s lost her mind – especially when she befriends the mysterious Barney Snaith. She even decides to tell her family exactly what she thinks of them – much to their horror! When she discovers she’s dying from a heart condition, Valancy overcomes her fears and decides to finally move out and seek out happiness with the time she has left. The lush Canadian pine woods beckon.The Blue Castle is the 1926 adult novel about Valancy, a 29-year-old woman mistreated by her family – especially since she’s now considered an old maid. Her curiosity about the natural world, dormant for years under strict rules of behavior, is set free.Īs her world opens, she finds a purpose in her life as she makes friends with the town reprobate, his disgraced daughter, and a man of dubious reputation. Her mother's disapproval and silences have no effect on her. Shocking as the news is, the specter of death isn't nearly as upsetting as the realization that she hasn't yet really lived.Įver docile and obedient, she's now compelled to tell her relatives exactly what she thinks of them. The result is dire: she has one year to live. Visiting a doctor without the approval of her clan is a daring act but Valency seeks out the local heart specialist in secret. To add to her bleak future, she's experiencing heart spasms. Under the thumb of an autocratic mother and a poor relation in a large domineering family, for years her only refuge has been in her dreams of a mystical Blue Castle, where beauty and kindness reign. On her 29th birthday, Valency Stirling awakens to a life that she knows will never change.
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