The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott |
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| Author:
| McNees, Kelly O'Connor |
| ISBN: | 978-0-425-24083-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2011 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Berkley |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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A richly imagined, remarkably written story of the woman who created Little Women--and how love changed her in ways she never expected. Countless readers have fallen in love with Little Women. But how could the author--who never had a romance--write so convincingly of love and heartbreak without experiencing it herself? Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O'Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa is twenty-two and...
More Description A richly imagined, remarkably written story of the woman who created Little Women--and how love changed her in ways she never expected.
Countless readers have fallen in love with Little Women. But how could the author--who never had a romance--write so convincingly of love and heartbreak without experiencing it herself?
Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O'Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa is twenty-two and bursting with a desire to free herself from family and societal constraints so she can do what she loves most. Stuck in small-town New Hampshire, she meets Joseph Singer, and as she opens her heart, Louisa finds herself torn between a love that takes her by surprise and her dream of independence as a writer in Boston. The choice she must make comes with a steep price that she will pay for the rest of her life.