Marmee & Louisa by Eve Laplante
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.
Eve LaPlante is the editor of My Heart Is Boundless, a collection of Alcott family materials, and the author of Marmee & Louisa, a dual biography of Louisa May Alcott and her mother. LaPlante, a native of New England with degrees from Princeton and Harvard, has already published three books. Seized is a fictionalized account of a brain illness that sheds light on the mind-body issue. The historical narrative of LaPlante's ancestor, colonial heretic and founding mother Anne Hutchinson, is told in American Jezebel. The Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction went to LaPlante's history of the 1692 judge who became an abolitionist and feminist, Salem Witch Judge. Please pay her a visit at www.EveLaPlante.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781451620672 |
| ISBN 10 | 1451620675 |
| Title | Marmee & Louisa |
| Author | Eve Laplante |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2013-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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