Marmee and Louisa The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother

Name: Marmee and Louisa The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother
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ISBN: 9781451620672

ISBN-10: 1451620675

ISBN-13: 9781451620672

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Authors: Eve LaPlante

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“In this meticulously researched look at Louisa May Alcott and her mother, Eve LaPlante shatters myths about the supposed passive Marmee, replacing them with a portrait of a woman who fought for a woman’s right to education, professional and maternal satisfaction, and power” (People).Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women has been a mainstay of American literature since its release nearly 150 years ago, making her one of the most successful and bestselling authors—male or female—of her day. Biographers have consistently attributed Louisa’s uncommon success to her outspoken idealist father, Bronson Alcott, assuming that he was the source of his daughter’s progressive thinking and…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.38" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Eve LaPlante is a great niece and a first cousin of Abigail and Louisa May Alcott. She is the author of Seized, American Jezebel, and Salem Witch Judge, which won the 2008 Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction. She is also the editor of My Heart Is Boundless the first collection of Abigail May Alcott's private papers. She lives with her family in New England.