Books about Annie are real guides to optimism and fortitude! She is only seventeen, but she already works at Avonlea School, where she herself was a student quite recently. Old and new friends, a new neighbor with a parrot who swears like a sailor, the twins whom Marilla takes in - all these people make Annie's life happy and joyful. A story about the ability to be content with little, to enjoy today, to enjoy simple things. Humor is the most piquant seasoning at the feast of existence. Laugh at your mistakes, but also learn from them, make jokes about your sorrows, but also draw strength from them, joke about your difficulties, but also overcome them...