Marmee and Louisa

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. Best Read Marmee and Louisa [ By ] Eve LaPlante [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Ah, the Alcotts I first read Little Women when I was about seven and then read my way through all of Alcott s children s books several times each While my collection stayed on my bookshelf and moved with me from place to place, I didn t re read until I read Geraldine Brooks s fabulous historical fiction novel, March Happily, there have been a lot of Alcott related books published recently This one is really well researched, interesting and even infuriating at times as Bronson Alcott plowed Ah, the Alcotts I first read Little Women when I was about seven and then read my way through all of Alcott s children s books several times each While my collection stayed on my book...Almostthan a biography, Eve LaPlante s Marmee and Louisa reads like a romance novel a love affair between a mother and a daughter a love affair between Eve LaPlante and her great aunt, Abigail May Alcott It occurs to me that LaPlante fell in love with her great aunt the day she discovered Abigail s forgotten letters, in the attic of her home The act of discovery itself reads like an early Louisa May romance.I, too, fell in love with the real Marmee, if truth be told Within these pages Almostthan a biography, Eve LaPlante s Marmee and Louisa reads like a romance novel a love affair between a mother and a daughter a love affair between Eve LaPlante and her great aunt, Abigail May Alcott It occurs to me that LaPlante fell in love with her great aunt the day she discovered Abigail s forgotten letters, in the attic of her home The act of discovery itself reads like an early Louisa May romance.I, too, fell in love with the real Marmee, if truth be told Within these pages we find an intelligent, imaginative and resourceful woman who was weighed down by the rigorous strictures of 19th century s of women To add ...I was lucky enough to get an Advanced Readers Edition of this book, and I couldn t wait to read it It was a great read.The basic premise of the book is that although most people think that Louisa May Alcott s father, Bronson Alcott, was the main influence in her life and writing, that person was in fact her mother, Abigail May Alcott Abigail was a woman ahead of her time, who dream...I won this book in a GoodReads contest First off I loved the fact that someone had an interest in finding out the truth not only about a beloved writter but of Family Family really is important For a non fiction book the writting style really did keep me enterta...There are plenty of people to love you, Marmee tells Jo in Little Women, so try to be satisfied with father and mother, sisters and brother, friends and babies, till the best lover of all comes to give you your reward Louisa s alter ego replies, Mothers are the best lovers in the world but I don t mind whispering to Marmee, that I d like to try all kinds It s very curious, but theI try to satisfy myself with all sorts of natural affections, theI seem to want qtd on 28 There are plenty of people to love you, Marmee tells Jo in Little Women, so try to be satisfied with father and mother, sisters and brother, friends and babies, till the best lover of all comes to give you your reward Louisa s alter ego replies, Mothers are the best lovers in the world but I don t mind whispering to Marmee, that I d like to try all kinds It s very curious, but theI try to satisfy myself with all sorts of natural affections, theI seem to want qtd on 281 Eve LaPlante s dual biography of Louisa May Alcott and her mother, Abigail May Alcott, is a satisfying read Although I have only read one of Alcott s novels, Little Wom...Louisa May Alcott s mother, who figures as Marmee in Little Women, has been a mystery until Eve LaPlante mined her surviving journals many were destroyed and uncovered a complex, fiercely independent, and powerfully maternal woman After reading about Alcott s relationship with her father, this book was illuminating in so many ways It provides arealistic look at the hardships the family faced and the tensions within the family that threatened to pull it apart many times This passage fr Louisa May Alcott s mother, who figures as Marmee in Little Women, has been a mystery until Eve LaPlante mined her surviving journals many were destroyed and uncovered a complex, fiercely independent, and powerfully maternal woman After reading about Alcott s relationship with her father, this book was illuminating in so many ways It provides arealistic look at the hardships the family faced and the tensions within the family that threatened to pull it apart many times This passage from Abigail s journals pretty much sums up Abigail May Alcott s life bound to a man whose at times fanatical idealism robbed her of her health and sanity, as she worked to support a family he was ready many times to abandon A woman may perform the most disinterested duties She may die daily in the cause of truth and righteousness She lives neglected, dies forgotten But a man who never performed in his whole life one self denying act, but who has accidental gifts of genius, is celebrated by his contemporari...Through the description of this close mother daughter bond, we finally have a realistic picture of the Alcott family dynamics Eve LaPlante, using original letters and journal fragments she inherited from her May forbears, discusses what should have been obvious Abigail May Alcott was the main influence on Louisa Mae Alcott, not her father, Bronson.This book challenges conventional wisdom on the Alcott family The Pulitzer Prize winning Eden s Outcasts The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Fa Through the description of this close mother daughter bond, we finally have a realistic picture of the Alcott family dynamics Eve LaPlante, using original letters and journal fragments she inherited from her May forbears, discusses what should have been obvious Abigail May Alcott was the main influence on Louisa Mae Alcott, not her father, Bronson.This book challenges conventional wisdom on the Alcott fami...Unhappily, his conversation never loses sight of his own personality.His topic yesterday is Alcott on the 17th October today, Alcott on the 18th October , Ralph Waldo Emerson about Bronson Alcott This is the quote that defined this book for me Yes, I know, the book is called Marmee and Louisa And it is, for the most part, a dual biography of Louisa May Alcott and her mother Abigail Marmee Alcott But, it also, and not too subtly may I add, a criticism of Bronson Alcott From my readingUnhappily, his conversation never loses sight of his own personality.His topic yesterday is Alcott on the 17th October today, Alcott on the 18th October , Ralph Waldo Emerson about Bronson Alcott This is the quote that defined this book for me Yes, I know, the book is called Marmee and Louisa And it is, for the most part, a dual biography of Louisa May Alcott and her mother Abigail Marmee Alcott But, it also, and not too subtly may I add, a criticism of Bronson Alcott From my reading of Little Women I have read the sequels, but they don t have the same staying power that Little Women had , and little knowledge of anything but that Louisa May had drawn it from her own childhood, it comes as a total surprise to me that Bronson was the one credited for Louisa s literary success Mr March was a largely ineffectual, absent character, whereas Marmee shone through as the guiding light for Jo s creati...Marmee Louisa was a fascinating look at America before, during and after the Civil War It is the story of Louisa May Alcott and her amazing mother They counted many well known historical figures among their friends and family Abigail, Marmee , was John Hancock s niece and related to Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams Their friends included Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Susan B Anthony, Emerson and Thoreau Abigail Alcott was very well connected in Boston society with Marmee Louisa was a fascinating look at America before, during and after the Civil War It is the story of Louisa May Alcott and her amazing mother They counted many well known historical figures among their friends and family Abigail, Marmee , was John Hancock s niece and related to Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams Their friends included Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Susan B Anthony, Emerson and Thoreau Abigail Alcott was very well connected in Boston society wit...Louisa May Alcott s mother Abigail or Marmee gets her due by being front and center in this informative, fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking book Although muchhas been written about Louisa s idealistic but self centered father Bronson Alcott, author Eve LaPlante makes a convincing case that it was her mother Louisa was closest to and most like Abigail was a lively, convention breaking young woman, and was at least as bent on improving the world as her husband for instance she emb Louisa May Alcott s mother Abigail or Marmee gets her due by being front and center in this informative, fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking book Although muchhas been written about Louisa s idealistic but self centered father Bronson Alcott, author Eve LaPlante makes a convincing case that it was her mother Louisa was closest to and most like Abigail was a lively, convention breaking young woman, and was at least as bent on improving the world as her husband for instance she embraced the anti slavery and women s rights movements long before he did It was Abigail who gave Louisa journals and encouraged her to write, and because Bronson was often away on trips it was Abigail who had the main responsibility for nurturing and p...

• English
• 20 October 2017
Eve LaPlante
• Hardcover
• 384 pages
• 1451620675
• Eve LaPlante
• Marmee and Louisa