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Little Woman in Blue

9/30/2015

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I grew up reading Little Women, so when I got the chance to read about its creator through the eyes of her younger sister, May.  May is an aspiring artist who also wants a husband and family.  Louisa sees herself as too old to get married and would rather help where she can and focus on her writing.  The two sisters end up clashing over many things, however they keep their sisterly bond.  Through war, travel, successes and failures a portrait of two sisters is artfully drawn.

I loved learning about the sisters and their real lives.  I really enjoyed learning about May and Louisa’s relationship with each other and how that translated into Louisa’s character of Amy in Little Women.   Even though Amy is portrayed as very self-involved in Little Women, she is drawn in a new light, a struggling artist herself who had the limelight stolen from her by Louisa’s success.   Most of all, I enjoyed the realistic portrait of two influential and forward-thinking women of their time.   It was really interesting to find out all of the other influential people that the Alcott’s knew including Thoreau, Hawthorne and Emerson.  

This book was received for free in return for an honest review. 

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