Thorndike Biography: Louisa May Alcott : A Personal Biography (Hardcover)

from Juva

An interesting history of the famous author's life. I actually found this book far more interesting than Little Women. Ms. Alcott's life was an complex series of contradictions. She was a life-long slave to her familial duties and a very selfless and generous woman. She contributed much to many w...

from pennwriter

This biography of Louisa May Alcott was absorbing and sometimes newly insightful. Cheever is good at putting events in context and letting the context illuminate the events (eg, her excellent chapters on the effects of the Civil War). I welcomed the parts of the book where she stepped out of her ...

from carl.rollyson

Susan Cheever has written an engaging biography of Louisa May Alcott. This book is deeply personal, beginning with a preface that details Cheever's own fascination with the author of "Little Women," a work that has inspired generations of women, including budding writers like Susan Sontag and Che...

from CherieDooryard

Not the most earth-shaking biography, but a clear, insightful look into the Alcott family and Louisa's role in it. I wish she'd put in a little less "Louisa lives out the truths of all of womankind" editorializing, but I understand the temptation to do so. Also, on the heels of too many 700-page ...

from Rdra1962

A little tedious at times, but it sets straight a lot of the story about the author of one of my fav books - like the brownstone in NYC on MacDougal St, the one that has a plaque stating that LMA wrote some of Little Women there; she was never there and had not yet even been to NYC - so there NYU...