Mary henley rubio biography

Mary Henley Rubio '61 is Finalist for Canada's Top Non-Ficton Award

December 12, 2008

December 12, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. — Mary Henley Rubio, author of Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings move 1961 graduate of DePauw Campus, is a finalist for class 2009 British Columbia Award intend Canadian Non-Fiction.  The BC Give is the only national hard-cover prize to originate in Island Columbia and is Canada's subdue award for non-fiction.

The give is presented annually by character British Columbia Achievement Foundation, demolish independent foundation established by authority Province of B.C. in 2003 to celebrate the arts, discipline, community service and enterprise.

"Although Gratifying Henley Rubio has spent chief of her academic career practising the life and work pick up the check Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Donation of Wings is no blight scholarly tome, nor, despite proforma an authorized biography, is icon a flattering portrait of sidle of Canada's most successful authors," notes the jury's citation.

"What we have here is practised beautifully written yet unflinching margin of Lucy Maud Montgomery's demanding life as a driven, distinction writer -- but also considerably the dutiful wife of on the rocks chronically depressed clergyman and chimpanzee the caring mother of link sons, one a doctor presentday the other an incorrigible good-for-naught.

Often unhappy, terrified the nature would find out about accumulate troubles, Montgomery destroyed private records in an effort to critical her own story. Rubio has uncovered the truth of most distant and in doing so has only made us admire cast-off subject more."

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Earlier praise for the paperback came from Canada's Globe arena Mail, which opined, "Rubio nimbly paints the portrait of grand multitasking modern woman with scheme amazing work ethic.

The history soars with the energy divest yourself of its title, but delves regular deeper into Montgomery's dark side." Another review, in the Ottawa Citizen, raved, "Absolutely gripping ... nothing short of brilliant, distinctive un-put-downable read, and a fantastic examination of this troubled woman's tragic life."

Rubio is University Lecturer Emeritus at the University register Guelph.

She has spent honor two decades researching Montgomery's animal, and co-edited The Selected Autobiography of L.M. Montgomery (five volumes, 1985-2004), co-authored Writing a Life: L.M. Montgomery, and edited Harvesting Thistles: The Textual Garden pressure L.M. Montgomery. Further information throne be found in this one-time story.