Read at least 6 books about art this year:
Feb 1 - July 31
Louisa by Louisa
It’s a difficult task to review a diary or journal, as these materials were rarely meant for public consumption. Louisa May Alcott’s personal “scribblings” reveal much about her motivations, professional and personal choices, and beliefs. What becomes clear is that she wrote not only as an outlet for her imagination and creativity, but to keep body, soul, and family together. Her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, was a man strong on philosophical principles but considerably weaker on providing for his dependents. Louisa’s life, and those of her sisters, was no Victorian romance. Single to the end of her life, she was required to work incessantly, but she also inherited some of her father’s idealism. It is not widely known that she was a women’s suffragist, and the first woman to register to vote in Concord, MA.
To catch a glimpse of the real Louisa, not the “little woman”, you cannot do better than to read her nonfiction account about her own daily life.
ISBN-10: 0820319503
Filed under: book review | Tagged: biography
this would be interesting to read – will have to see if I can get hold of it