Covers the personal life and literary career of the Canadian writer best known for her novels about Anne, a girl from Prince Edward Island.

Set in 1907, orphan Anne Shirley is sent to Prince Edward Island to live with middle-aged brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had wanted to adopt a boy; now thirteen years old, Anne juggles spending time with her best friend Diana, her new friend Gilbert, and keeping Matthew's illness a secret from Marilla.

Anne moves with her husband Gilbert to New York where he has been offered a hospital residency and has arranged for her to work at a publishing house, but life in the city and the outbreak of World War I bring unexpected challenges for the young couple.