Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - A Golden Wedding - By Lucy M Montgomery

A Golden Wedding by L.M. Montgomery — A Heartwarming Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime

Settle in and drift off to sleep with A Golden Wedding by L.M. Montgomery, the much-loved author of Anne of Green Gables, read aloud by Martin Hewlett on Books at Bedtime, the sleep story series from Calming Anxiety.

After fifteen years out West, Lovell Stephens walks back through the old apple orchard, whistling, to see the couple who raised him. Aunt Sally and Uncle Tom took him in when he was an orphan of eleven, "just heading for destruction", and gave him a home, his schooling and all the love he ever had.

But the little grey house is boarded up. Uncle Tom is crippled with rheumatism, the mortgage has been called in, the furniture has been sold, and the old couple have gone to the poorhouse. In a fortnight it will be their golden wedding anniversary, fifty years married, and Aunt Sally can't bear the thought of spending it there.

So Lovell quietly buys back the house. With the help of kind Mrs Stetson, he tracks down every chair, clock and piece of pink china, while the women of Blair plan a celebration nobody is allowed to mention.

What follows is a tender, feel-good story about gratitude, kindness repaid and what really counts as riches, in a world that measures everything in money. A gentle, heartwarming bedtime story for adults, perfect for winding down, easing insomnia and settling into deep, peaceful sleep.

Calm narration and a soft, unhurried pace make this classic short story a soothing sleep audiobook for anyone who finds it hard to switch off at night. If you enjoyed Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner, our last L.M. Montgomery story on Books at Bedtime, you'll love this one too.

L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942) and this story are in the public domain.

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