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In the bestselling tradition of Loving Frank and March comes a novel for anyone who loves Little Women.
Berkley
May 2011
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Featuring: Louisa May Alcott; Joseph Singer
368 pages
ISBN: 0425240835
EAN: 9780425240830
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Millions of readers have fallen in love with Little Women. But how could Louisa May Alcott-who never had a romance-write so convincingly of love and heart-break without experiencing it herself? In her debut novel, The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, Kelly OβConnor McNees deftly mixes fact and fiction as she imagines a summer lost to history, carefully purged from Louisaβs letters and journals, a summer that would change the course of Louisaβs writing careerβand inspire the story of love and heartbreak between Jo and Teddy βLaurieβ Laurence, Joβs devoted neighbor and kindred spirit. In the summer of 1855, Walt Whitmanβs controversial Leaves of Grass has just been released, and the notion of making a living as a writer is still a far-off dream for Louisa. She is twenty-two years old, vivacious, and bursting with a desire to be free of her family and societal constraints so she can do what she loves the mostβwrite. The Alcott family, destitute, as usual, moves to a generous uncleβs empty house in Walpole, New Hampshire, for the summer. Here, a striking but pensive Louisa meets the fictional Joseph Singer. Louisa is initially unimpressed by Josephβs charms. But just as Louisa begins to open her heart, she learns that Joseph may not be free to give his away. Their newfound love carries a steep price, and Louisa fears she may pay with the independence she has fought so hard to protect.
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