Here's our winner, Mia, with her copy of Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriett Reisen. Her kitten, Pupi, is reading with her. 🙂 Here's what she said about it: "I got the book yesterday, some, let's see 28 hours ago. I love it! Started reading from the very first page and …
Jo’s choice
In Chapter 34, "A Friend," Jo makes not one but two choices. One is exceedingly difficult, the other flows from the first. The choice most commented upon is her decision to give up writing sensational thrillers. Modern feminist critics look to this chapter as a death of sort, of Jo's independent self (see Little Women …
We have a winner!
You people are good! I barely had the question up an hour when I got a correct response. Our winner of Harriet Reisen's Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women is Mia, also known as Emilija Knezevic and she is from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Truly, Louisa May Alcott's fame and influence reach around the …
Be the first to answer this question correctly and win a free book!
Harriet Reisen's excellent biography, Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women, has just been released in paperback and I have a free copy to give away! This is an wonderful book and even if you've read scores of other bios on Louisa and her family, you will learn something new here. Reisen's book gave …
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Awesome reflection on Little Women from one of you!
Yesterday I saw comments from a new reader, Jillian, where she posted a link to her amazing reflection on Little Women. This is a must read - see it on her blog. She's set a goal of reading 250 great works of literature. Best of luck with that, Jillian: I'll follow your progress. 🙂 I can't …
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Beth finds the palace beautiful
I had been reading Little Women in bits and pieces over the summer but now I am fully immersing myself in it. Although I read some of it for school many years ago, I never finished it nor appreciated it. I actually decided to start it again when I began reading Kelly O'Connor McNees' book, …
Finishing up May’s Memoir
I am getting close to the end of Caroline Ticknor's memoir on May and am beginning to dread the end. I think one of the things so captivated me about May's story was her tragic end. It just seemed so sudden, so random. She was so robust and healthy; her life was pretty much perfect …
Here’s something fun to do with “The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott”
Just a quickie today, saw this on Kelly O'Connor McNees' Twitter page - a link to Oprah's summer reading section (kudos to McNees - well done on your first novel!). Might be interesting to answer some of these questions and post responses with your comments. Let's go for it - http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/The-Lost-Summer-of-Louisa-May-Alcott-Reading-Group-Guide I plan to write …
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Reading May Alcott’s memoir, some thoughts
I'm about a quarter of the way through Caroline Ticknor's May Alcott A Memoir and wanted to comment on it here as I read it. Already I'm finding things of interest. 1. I knew that Alfred Whitman was part of her inspiration for Laurie in Little Women, but I didn't realize how close the friendship …
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Book review: Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen
I just finished reading Harriet Reisen's book (which I bought for myself), Louisa May Alcott, the Woman Behind Little Women and already wishing I could turn back the clock and read it all over again. It's been a wonderful companion this past month. Having read several biographies on Louisa May, I wondered if I could …
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 