The acclaimed and �meticulously researched� (People) biography that actor Laura Dern�who plays Marmee in the Little Women film adaptation�calls �a beautiful book of letters between Louisa and her mother�a massive influence. You feel it as like a cord of the film.�
 
Marmee & Louisa, hailed by NPR as one of the best books of 2012, paints an exquisitely moving and utterly convincing portrait of Louisa May Alcott and her mother, the real �Marmee.� Award-winning biographer Eve LaPlante mines the Alcotts� intimate diaries and other private papers, some recently discovered in a family attic and others thought to have been destroyed, to revive this remarkable daughter and mother. Abigail May Alcott�long dismissed as a quiet, self-effacing background figure�comes to life as a gifted writer and thinker. A politically active feminist firebrand, she fought for universal civil rights, an end to slavery, and women�s suffrage. This gorgeously written story of two extraordinary women is guaranteed to transform our view and deepen our understanding of one of America�s most beloved authors.
 
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