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Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography | Susan Cheever
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A revisionist profile of the author of "Little Women" and other classics draws on extensive research using Alcott's journals and correspondence to cover such topics as her embrace of untraditional roles and her early death.
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Butterfinger
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I hate to think of my favorite author enduring abuse at the hands of her zealot, Transcendentalist father. How could he actually believe that dark haired children were of the devil? I learned so much and it just makes me admire her even more. I can't wait to visit Orchard House.

Butterfinger @Riveted_Reader_Melissa #Nonfiction2022 #imasinner because of her father's fanatical ideas. I'm all for education reform, but he did not believe in privacy or confidentiality. 2y
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Daisey
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When traveling, I often try to find a book that represents that trip. After visiting Concord a couple days ago, I browsed Brattle Book Shop in Boston this morning and found an author signed copy of this biography of Louisa May Alcott. This afternoon I took a few minutes of quiet during my sightseeing to read the preface “A Trip to Concord” in Bates Hall at the beautiful Boston Public Library at Copley Square.

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wanderinglynn What a neat way to memorialize your travels! 5y
Daisey @wanderinglynn Thanks! This is a better connection than I can usually manage. 5y
JazzFeathers I visited the Library when l was in Boston a few years ago. Beautiful place. I like your little ritual 😊 5y
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Kkwizard I love the thought of keeping memories of travels through books. What a great idea! 5y
Daisey @JazzFeathers It really is a beautiful library! I would have happily stayed and read longer, but I figured I should see some more of the city while I had the chance. 5y
Daisey @Kkwizard Thanks! Sometimes I just have to pick a book, but making a connection to the trip like this is much better! 5y
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Centique
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I‘m giving up on this book. Probably my own fault, I picked the shortest bio rather than the long, authoritative one. If you‘re well read on Louisa‘s life the jumps and gaps in this book might not matter. In the bit I just read it talked about her first novel without any info about how it was published,then a few pages later it tells you about the first time she was paid for writing which wasn‘t that novel.

Centique It‘s the fifth time I‘ve gone “what just happened?” It‘s probably interesting analysis if you don‘t want a complete linear record of the facts. Don‘t want to put you off it @LeahBergen the writing style is good and it‘s interesting 🤞 6y
LeahBergen That would annoy me, too. I require a certain amount of linearity when I read biography. 6y
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