Free Press
November 2012
On Sale: November 6, 2012
250 pages ISBN: 1476702802 EAN: 9781476702803 Kindle: B007WT32SY Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Little Women’s “Marmee” is one of the
most recognizable mothers in American literature. But the
real woman behind the fiction—Louisa May Alcott’s own
mother, Abigail—has for more than a century remained
shrouded in mystery. Scholars believed that her papers were
burned by her daughter and husband, as they claimed, and
that little additional information survived.
Until now.
When Abigail’s biographer and great-niece Eve LaPlante found
a collection of letters and diaries in an attic trunk and
began exploring the Alcott family archives, a window opened
onto the life of this woman who has for too long been hiding
in plain sight. These discoveries, and others, inform
LaPlante’s groundbreaking new dual biography, Marmee
& Louisa, a companion volume to My Heart Is
Boundless. No self-effacing housewife, Abigail was a
passionate writer and thinker, a feminist far ahead of her
time. She taught her daughters the importance of supporting
themselves and dreamed of a day when a woman, like a man,
could enjoy both a family and a career.
Here at last,
in her own words, is this extraordinary woman’s story,
brought to the public for the first time. Full of wit,
charm, and astonishing wisdom, Abigail’s private writings
offer a moving, intimate portrait of a mother, a wife, a
sister, and a fierce intellect that demands to be heard.
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