Hello and welcome to this sleepy bookshelf where we put down our worries from the day and

pick up a good book.

In our last episode we read the final pages of Anne of Avanley, a charming start to 2023

as I'm sure you'll agree.

I love reading them and certain this won't be the last we hear of her.

As usual we have created this episode as a brief recap of what happened at the end of

the story, in case you fell asleep before we finished.

After all, this is the sleepy bookshelf.

Now this is a warning.

Here is your spoiler alert.

If you haven't listened to the whole book and you don't want to know how it ends yet,

stop this episode now.

For the rest of you, I'll continue.

We joined Anne in a days of excitement as she prepared for college but also for the wedding

of Miss Lavenda and Stephen Irving.

She was thrilled to have been part of their romance and had been asked to attend their

intimate ceremony at Echo Lodge.

In the weeks preceding the wedding, Diana had some news of her own.

Fred Wright asked her to marry him and she had accepted.

Anne had mixed feelings about the match but ultimately felt happy for her friend who

was clearly in love.

On the last Tuesday of August, Anne and Diana assisted Charlotte of the fourth in all the

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