Lorilee writes with both lightness and depth, and I found myself completely taken by all three stories—hers, Phoebe’s, Anne’s. The beauty of her storytelling and the tenderness of the events she describes make this a thoroughly rich reading experience. Well done, Lorilee!

SHAUNA NIEQUIST

Author of Bread & Wine and Savor

To say it as Anne of Green Gables would, this encouraging book will be a “bosom friend” to your heart!

HOLLEY GERTH

Bestselling author of You’re Already Amazing

We are all enamored by the plight of orphans and gobble up their tales in the wide world of literature. Perhaps we each see ourselves—our fears of abandonment and creases of inadequacy—in their stories. Gently and with honest vulnerability, Lorilee Craker weaves the universal discoveries of orphan Anne into her own very personal story of being an orphan and adopting one. Open the cover. Turn the pages. You’ll come out the other end glad for the read and deepened by the journey.

ELISA MORGAN

Speaker; author of The Beauty of Broken and Hello, Beauty Full

In this artful tapestry, Lorilee Cracker—consummate wordsmith—gifts readers with a beautifully woven journey into the human heart. For her tender vulnerability, creative insight, and beautiful sentences, I highly recommend Cracker’s moving memoir.

MARGOT STARBUCK

Author of The Girl in the Orange Dress

Lorilee Craker’s “Anne of Green Gables,” My Daughter and Me is a deeply personal memoir about the search for identity that will strike a chord in all of us. Readers will feel as if they’re sitting on the couch beside Craker, flipping through family photo albums, as the author shares the touching—and funny!—story of her adoption, that of her daughter’s, and the impact of a red-headed “Anne with an e” heroine who lit the path ahead of them in the direction of true belonging.

SUZANNE WOODS FISHER

Bestselling author of The Heart of the Amish

With sparkling prose and charming wit, Lorilee Craker takes us on a journey where lives past, present, and fictional intertwine on the path to finding a place of belonging. Grab a cup of raspberry cordial, curl up on the window seat, and join their pilgrimage. You won’t be disappointed.

JENNIFER ERIN VALENT

Christy Award–winning author of Fireflies in December

An absolute must-read for anyone who loved Anne of Green Gables as a girl! Anne’s resilience combined with all of her big feelings gave me that trusted bosom-friend as I transitioned from girlhood to womanhood. And now Lorilee offers me the grown-up lens with which to view the scars I bear, the battle wounds of life, as a woman who is not defined by my abandonment but by my adoption into God’s family.

ALEXANDRA KUYKENDALL

Author of The Artist’s Daughter; specialty content editor, MOPS International

“Anne of Green Gables,” My Daughter, and Me is a deeply satisfying read, shining brightly with author Lorilee Craker’s personality and wit. For those of us who have adopted children, Craker concludes that we cannot rescue or fix them, but—like all parents—we can communicate to our children how worthy they are of God’s abundant love.

JENNIFER GRANT

Author of Love You More, MOMumental, Disquiet Time (coeditor), and Wholehearted Living

With her characteristic spunk, sharp wit, and empathetic lens, Lorilee Craker peels back the layers of the heart in this uniquely woven cross-generational tale. Blending both humor and humility, Craker serves as the voice of the orphan in us. Lovely, lyrical, and laugh-out-loud funny . . . this uplifting memoir is a must-read.

JULIE CANTRELL

New York Times bestselling author of Into the Free and When Mountains Move