Louisa May Alcott never intended to write Little Women. She had
dismissed her publisher s pleas for such a novel. Written out of
necessity to support her family, the book had an astounding success
that changed her life, a life which turned out very differently
from that of her beloved heroine Jo March.
In Louisa May Alcott, Susan Cheever, the acclaimed author of
American Bloomsbury, returns to Concord, Massachusetts, to explore
the life of one of its most iconic residents. Based on extensive
research, journals, and correspondence, Cheever s biography
chronicles all aspects of Alcott s life, from the fateful meeting
of her parents to her death, just two days after that of her
father. She details Bronson Alcott s stalwart educational vision,
which led the Alcotts to relocate each time his progressive
teaching went sour; her unsuccessful early attempts at serious
literature, including Moods, which Henry James panned; her time as
a Civil War nurse, when she contracted pneumonia and was treated
with mercury-laden calomel, which would affect her health for the
rest of her life; and her vibrant intellectual circle of writers
and reformers, idealists who led the charge in support of
antislavery, temperance, and women s rights.
Alcott s independence defied the conventional wisdom, and her
personal choices and literary legacy continue to inspire
generations of women. A fan of Little Women from the age of twelve,
and a distinguished author in her own right, Cheever brings a
unique perspective to Louisa May Alcott s life as a woman, a
daughter, and a working writer.
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