pickConversations between characters in this historical fiction often felt factual instead of natural. Also, probably best appreciated by art history fans and/or fans of anything to do with Little Women. It also shows how difficult it was to be both a woman and an artist. May also died young before realizing her full potential 😢. Obsessed w/ reading more about the Alcotts and taking a trip to Concord, MA! 👆(detail) by Rose Peckham is of May Alcott.
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MarchLeahBergen I also really likedAmerican Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work 8y
American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their WorkLeahBergen AndAlcott in Her Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of Her LIfe, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates 8y
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LeahBergen And now I need this one! 😂 8y
ValerieAndBooks @LeahBergen all your recs look fantastic. Thank you! I think of these three I'd want to read American Bloomsbury first , so that I'd appreciate the visit to Concord even more! 8y
LeahBergen @ValerieAndBooks It's a really quick and easy overview of all the greats from that area and would be perfect (I actually bought it in Concord and read it while I toured around there 😀) 8y
ValerieAndBooks @LeahBergen good to know! So when were you there? It's not far from where my son goes to college in Boston but not easy to add an extra day of sightseeing when we're there. But hopefully it'll happen in 2017 😊 8y
LeahBergen I think it was about 5 yrs ago? I went with a friend for a little tour around the state and we did Concord, Amherst, Salem and other places. I loved it! 8y
ValerieAndBooks @LeahBergen that's great! We got to visit Salem for the day last spring 😊 8y
