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Marmee & Louisa : the untold story of Louisa May Alcott and her mother / Eve LaPlante.

Marmee and Louisa (other title)
LaPlante, Eve. (Author).

Summary:

The author argues that Louisa's "Marmee," Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual and emotional center of her daughter's world--exploding the myth that her outspoken idealist father was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable independence.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781451620665
  • ISBN: 1451620667
  • Physical Description: ix, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edition
  • Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-355) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 A Good Child, but Willful 7 -- 2 Drawing Toward Some Ideal Friend 28 -- 3 Humiliating Dependence 50 -- 4 Sacrifices Must Be Made 63 -- 5 This Sharp Sorrow 87 -- 6 Looking to My Daughter's Labors 100 -- 7 To Drag Life's Lengthening Chain 112 -- 8 Best Woman in the World 133 -- 9 Mother, Is It You? 146 -- 10 A Dead, Decaying Thing 162 -- 11 Left to Dig or Die 174 -- 12 Paddle My Own Canoe 189 -- 13 Bitter Drop in This Cup 205 -- 14 From May to March 217 -- 15 Welcome to My Fortune 236 -- 16 Thou Excellest Them All 251 -- 17 Stay By, Louie 262.
Subject:
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 > Family.
Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877.
Authors, American > 19th century > Family relationships.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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