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The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott | Kelly O'Connor McNees
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A richly imagined, remarkably written story of the woman who created Little Women- and how love changed her in ways she never expected. Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O'Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa May Alcott is twenty-two and bursting to free herself from family and societal constraints and do what she loves most. Stuck in small-town New Hampshire, she meets Joseph Singer, and as she opens her heart, Louisa finds herself torn between a love that takes her by surprise and her dream of independence as a writer in Boston. The choice she must make comes with a steep price that she will pay for the rest of her life. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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I loved it. A fictional romance between Louisa May Alcott and Joseph Singer filled in with real facts of her life and family. I thought it was very lame that Bronson father philosopher made his family suffer because of his work/economy views, or lack thereof. Nicholas‘ death was a horrifying jolt. Was that real? I totally admire and respect Louisa‘s sense of practicality and reality in following her own path of writing. Big fan of the book!!

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Looking over the list of books I've read, I came across this one. I read it when it first came out and found it to be entertaining. It's Summer 1855...a gap in Louisa May Alcott's life that little is known. McNees develops a love story during this summer, which serves as a catalyst for Alcott's later works. #setinthesummer #SplashIntoSummerReads

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