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Author LaPlante, Eve.

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

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, 2012.

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 Moore Stacks  PS1018 .L37 2012    Available  ---
Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description ix, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-355) and index.
Contents A good child, but willful -- Drawing toward some ideal friend -- Humiliating dependence -- Sacrifices must be made -- This sharp sorrow -- Looking to my daughter's labors -- To drag life's lengthening chain -- The best woman in the world -- Mother, is it you? -- A dead, decaying thing -- Left to dig or die -- Paddle my own canoe -- The bitter drop in this cup -- From May to March -- Welcome to my fortune -- Thou excellest them all -- Stay by, Louie -- I believe in dreams -- Exploring the America of Abigail & Louisa May Alcott.
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.
Subject Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Family.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Families.
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