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March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado and Jane Smiley

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

A Library of America Special Publication

A Library of America Special Publication

By Kate Bolick
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, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado
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 and Jane Smiley

By Kate Bolick
On Tour
, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado
On Tour
 and Jane Smiley

By Kate Bolick
On Tour
, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado
On Tour
 and Jane Smiley

By Kate Bolick
On Tour
, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado
On Tour
 and Jane Smiley

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    About March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

    On its 150th anniversary, four acclaimed authors offer personal reflections on their lifelong engagement with Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel of girlhood and growing up.

    For the 150th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley explore their strong lifelong personal engagement with Alcott’s novel–what it has meant to them and why it still matters. Each takes as her subject one of the four March sisters, reflecting on their stories and what they have to teach us about life. Kate Bolick finds parallels in oldest sister Meg’s brush with glamour at the Moffats’ ball and her own complicated relationship with clothes. Jenny Zhang confesses to liking Jo least among the sisters when she first read the novel as a girl, uncomfortable in finding so much of herself in a character she feared was too unfeminine. Carmen Maria Machado writes about the real-life tragedy of Lizzie Alcott, the inspiration for third sister Beth, and the horror story that can result from not being the author of your own life’s narrative. And Jane Smiley rehabilitates the reputation of youngest sister Amy, whom she sees as a modern feminist role model for those of us who are, well, not like the fiery Jo. These four voices come together to form a deep, funny, far-ranging meditation on the power of great literature to shape our lives.

    About March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

    On its 150th anniversary, four acclaimed authors offer personal reflections on their lifelong engagement with Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel of girlhood and growing up.

    For the 150th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley explore their strong lifelong personal engagement with Alcott’s novel–what it has meant to them and why it still matters. Each takes as her subject one of the four March sisters, reflecting on their stories and what they have to teach us about life. Kate Bolick finds parallels in oldest sister Meg’s brush with glamour at the Moffats’ ball and her own complicated relationship with clothes. Jenny Zhang confesses to liking Jo least among the sisters when she first read the novel as a girl, uncomfortable in finding so much of herself in a character she feared was too unfeminine. Carmen Maria Machado writes about the real-life tragedy of Lizzie Alcott, the inspiration for third sister Beth, and the horror story that can result from not being the author of your own life’s narrative. And Jane Smiley rehabilitates the reputation of youngest sister Amy, whom she sees as a modern feminist role model for those of us who are, well, not like the fiery Jo. These four voices come together to form a deep, funny, far-ranging meditation on the power of great literature to shape our lives.

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    Category: Literary Collections | Literary Criticism

    Hardcover | $21.95
    Published by Library of America
    Aug 27, 2019 | 196 Pages | 4-7/8 x 7-1/4 | ISBN 9781598536287

    Category: Literary Collections | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Library of America
    Aug 27, 2019 | 164 Pages | ISBN 9781598536294

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    Praise

    “In addition to sharing literary insights and personal histories, the authors also discuss the extent to which the Marches resembled and diverged from their real-life models: Alcott’s own sisters. Any readers who have ever compared themselves to Meg, Jo, Beth, or Amy—or to all four—will enjoy seeing Alcott’s much-loved classic through these alternate perspectives.” —Publishers Weekly

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