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Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women FROM THE PUBLISHER Biography tracing the fascinating life of Louisa May Alcott from her happy childhood in Pennsylvania and Boston to her success as a writer of such classics as Little women.
FROM THE CRITICS Children's Literature - Gisela Jernigan Little Women fans should enjoy this reprint of a Newbery Medal-winning biography of Louisa May Alcott. In this graceful, well-written account of Louisa's productive, hardworking life, the author does a good job of showing us how Louisa's family and economic problems helped to influence her most famous work, Little Women, and many of her other works for children and adults. Besides presenting the facts of her life, the author weaves in many evocative descriptions of Louisa's environment and feelings, thus creating a biography that seems more interesting and appealing than a more factual, unadorned work. An index and chronology also are included. 1995 (orig.
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