Mistress Pat is the sequel to Pat of Silver Bush, and readers are re-introduced to Patricia Gardiner at an age when she should be focusing on dating and planning for a life away from home. Unfortunately, at the age of 20, Pat has no desire but to spend the rest of her days at Silver Bush. Silver Bush is her sanctuary of perfection. Life has always been safe and predictable until it starts moving forward without her. All of a sudden her friends are married and living far away. Her little sister Rae, nicknamed Cuddles, falls in love and has a whirlwind engagement to Brooke. Her childhood friend, Hilary "Jingle" Gordon, gives up on trying to love Pat and leaves for college. Sid, her older brother, marries. Life seems to change all around her and she must ask herself is it possible to be lonely at Silver Bush?

Montgomery, L.M. Mistress Pat. New York: Bantam Books, 1989.

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