Maud melanie fishbane7/2/2023 ![]() ![]() Maud is a writer, an ambitious woman in a time where women were not encouraged to go to college. I did.Īt one point when she is in Prince Albert, (Sask.) Maud talks about being a “stranger in a strange land” and that is part of the Jewish experience. She was a person who questioned and explored spirit – something that many young Jewish women do. The interesting thing is that she loved the Old Testament and I looked to it to help me inform some of her spirituality. I study religion and theology but needed to ground the book in Montgomery’s late 19th century Presbyterianism because her novels are full of references. ![]() ![]() The other novels I write do feature Jewish protagonists, but with Maud I was writing outside my cultural and geographical – and historical – experience. I must admit I was pleasantly surprised to see Maud on the shortlist! You might not see the connections right away, but after the nomination I started thinking about this more. 11 event.įorgive me for being obvious, but Maud is shortlisted for a Jewish writing award – how do you see your portrayal of the teenaged Maud Montgomery in relation to Jewish girls? Fishbane was interviewed via email prior to the Oct. ![]() Melanie Fishbane’s historical novel, Maud, inspired by the teenage years of Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery, was nominated for this week’s Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature (Children’s/YA category). ![]()
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