Insightful, exciting, and deeply moving, Liz Rosenberg's distinctive
portrait of the author of Little Women reveals some of her life's more
complex and daring aspects.
Moody and restless, teenage Louisa longed for freedom. Faced with the
expectations of her loving but hapless family, the Alcotts, and of
nineteenth-century New England society, Louisa struggled to find her
place. On long meandering runs through the woods behind Orchard House,
she thought about a future where she could write and think and dream.
Undaunted by periods of abject poverty and enriched by friendships with
some of the greatest minds of her time and place, she was determined to
have this future, no matter the cost.
Drawing on the surviving journals and letters of Louisa and her family
and friends, author and poet Liz Rosenberg reunites Louisa May Alcott
with her most ardent readers. In this warm and sometimes heartbreaking
biography, Rosenberg delves deep into the oftentimes secretive life of a
woman who was ahead of her time, imbued with social conscience, and
always moving toward her future with a determination that would bring
her fame, tragedy, and the realization of her biggest dreams.