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Books, books, and more new books are debuting
about the Alcotts and their times! For an Alcott fan, there’s nothing
like having your own copy -- and then, of course, buying one for a friend.
Remember
that members of “Friends of the Alcotts” receive a 10% discount
on purchases and mail orders. Join, renew, or upgrade your membership
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Use the Order Form to purchase any of these books from Orchard House.
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 Eden’s
Outcasts:
The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
By John Matteson.
528 pages, hardbound, $29.95
"John Matteson's engrossing biography of
the Alcotts achieves a rare fusion of intellectual precision and emotional
empathy. Eden's
Outcasts combines the eye of a philosopher with the heart of a novelist.
A deftly rendered and highly recommended portrait of an incomparable
father and daughter."
-- Madeleine B. Stern |
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March: A Novel, by
Geraldine Brooks.
2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction!
Brooks has crafted an intriguing
work of historical fiction that is a “parallel universe” to
Little Women, telling the tale from the perspective of the heretofore
absent Mr. March. Exhaustive research on the real “Father
of Little Women,” A. Bronson Alcott, and the realities
of The Civil War combine in a story that not only brings the
era alive,
but breathes life into a formerly unknown character. A must-read
for Civil War and historical fiction buffs, as well as adult
admirers of Little Women. Paperback $14.00
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Mr. Emerson’s Wife, by
Orchard
House
Staff member Amy Belding Brown is an historical
novel about Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson that beautifully examines
the emotional
landscape of love and marriage.
As Lidian lives in the shadow of one of the most famous
men of the 19th century, she struggles to maintain her moral authority
and inner strength. In the course of the book, she deals with overwhelming
social demands and faces devastating personal loss to finally discover
the deepest meaning of love. Paperback. $13.95
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Mysteries by Anna Maclean (aka Jeanne Mackin).
Louisa and the Crystal Gazer
Third in the "Louisa as sleuth" series
features a mystery built around the vogue for seances in the 19th
century, as our heroine
investigates the murder of a medium. The setting is Boston in December
1855. Paperback, $6.99.
Louisa and the Country Bachelor
The second of the “Louisa May Alcott Mysteries” by
Anna Maclean. Set in 1855, with the Alcotts in Walpole,
New Hampshire, the story has our inquisitive young writer embarking
on a tangled trek to investigate the suspicious circumstances of
a young Dutchman’s murder. Paperback, $5.99.
Louisa and the Missing Heiress
Louisa is cast
in the role of amateur sleuth, investigating crimes more heinous
than anything she can imagine in her "blood and
thunder" romances. First in a series.Paperback. $5.99
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Library of America Alcott
trilogy combines Little
Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys into
a handy, authoritative single volume, with illustrations from the
original editions, including
those by May Alcott.
Editor Elaine Showalter, Professor Emeritus
at Princeton University, has spent decades as a feminist critic
and Alcott researcher, and was the editor of Alternative Alcott,
another
popular anthology. $40.00.
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Bonus Buy: Save 10% on The Library of America
Trilogy + Alternative Alcott - $56.66 for the pair!
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Alcott: In Her Own Time, edited by University of
North Carolina Professor Daniel Shealy, is a neat compendium of Louisa
May Alcott’s life as told through a series of recollections,
interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates.
Here
are stories from the people who knew her, with several that focus
on Louisa’s teen years, providing intimate glimpses into the
life of the Alcotts that lead readers to one conclusion: the family
was happy, fun, and entertaining -- very much like the fictional
Marches! $24.95
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