![]() Louisa, despite her trepidations, has partly subsidized May’s European studies, but she eventually demands May come home to help care for their ailing mother. ![]() Determined to prove Louisa wrong, May dodges a serious suitor and signs up for rigorous art classes, first in Boston, then in Europe, where she mingles with other artists (some real, like Mary Cassatt, others fictional or composites). Louisa, meanwhile, sees May as a high-spirited dilettante, dedicated to having fun. But the press has sharply criticized her illustrations for her sister's book. May longs to be taken seriously as an artist. ![]() ![]() Louisa is on her way to literary superstardom a driven, prolific writer, she will become the breadwinner for her impoverished New England family. The story begins with the 1868 publication of Little Women, which fictionalized the lives of all four Alcott sisters. A mix of history and imagination, this debut novel focuses on May Alcott, the model for Amy in Little Women and youngest sister of the book’s widely chronicled author, Louisa May Alcott. ![]()
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