Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect
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We are all going to be made perfect . . . In 1843, with all their possessions loaded onto a single wagon, ten-year-old Louisa May Alcott and her family bravely set out into the wilderness to make a... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0066238153
ISBN13:9780066238159
Release Date:November 2002
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.4"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
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Fruitlands
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
"Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect" made me wonder if Bronson Alcott wasn't mentally ill, or criminally irresponsible. If the details in this fictional diary are true, and I think they are, then he should have been jailed for child abuse, physical and psychological. How Louisa survived emotionally and psychologically is a mystery: it must have been her mother who saved her. This book also makes Emerson looks strange, at least. He had his doubts, yet he "loaned money" to Alcott. In today's terms, was Emerson an enabler? Bronson was evidently very charming, but not the first charming criminal. If nothing else, he charmed money out of most of his friends. A real problem case. Then there is his wife, his use of her, and her agreement with too many of his unhealthy ideas: a starvation diet, for one.
Great Book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is really fun to read and quite interesting. The contrast between the two journals drives home the fact that LMA was just a little girl embarking on this experiment with her family. What a good sport she was! While based on actual events, the story is fictional. I think this is a good place to start if your not quite sure you want to read Little Women (you'll want to!). This book would be a great jumping-off point if you were looking to get someone interested in LMA and her works.
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