I love this review! I have this book, it’s gorgeous and after reading this review, I hope you will run right out and get it for your favorite little daughter, niece or friend.
Most of us remember when we first read Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and how it profoundly changed and affected us. It’s just that kind of book.
I was in sixth grade and read it for Mrs. Whang’s English class. We were all a little afraid of Mrs. Whang — she was notorious for being unfailingly strict and rarely smiled. No matter the assignment, only the best would do. For Little Women, we were divided into groups of four and asked to act out our favorite scene(s).
We decided on the first chapter and I was to play Jo. We dressed up in long skirts and shawls and I remember bounding onto the “stage” in my best tomboy fashion and blurting out, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.” So began a lifelong love for all of Alcott’s books and a fierce yearning for the quintessential New England Christmas —…
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This does look like a beautiful and heart-warming book, only made better with some of Jama’s cranberry muffins!
I’ll say, yum!
Oh, Susan, thank you for this post. It is like an early Christmas present and the book is now on my wish list 🙂 .
Wonderful!