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Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Women Family secrets Generations Girls Books and reading History Girls in literature Intergenerational relations LITERARY CRITICISM American GeneralFilter By Subjects
Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Women Family secrets Generations Girls Books and reading History Girls in literature Intergenerational relations LITERARY CRITICISM American GeneralNicolson, Juliet
Summary: "A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women. All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers--the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita Sackville-West, her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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Summary: "Since its publication on September 30, 1868, Little Women has been one of America's favorite stories. While we now think of it as a girls' book, it was initially read by both boys and girls, men and women of all ages. Professor Anne Boyd Rioux, who read it in her twenties, tells us how Louisa May Alcott came to write the book and drew inspiration for her story from her own life. Its Civil...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018