Maud was fifteen when her first work was published. It was a poem called "On Cape LeForce." A newspaper in PEI printed it on the front page. Maud wrote in her journal, "Well, this has been the proudest day of my life!"
That proud day came near the end of a difficult year. Maud had gone to stay with her father. He lived in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, with his new wife, Mary Ann McRae. Maud loved her father, but her stepmother was not kind to her. She was happy to return to Prince Edward Island.

"Prince Albert" from Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer's Life
© 2005 by Pearson Education Inc.
Used with permission.