Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy Paperback by Anne Boyd Rioux

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2019-08-13)
• Language: English
• Pages: 288
• ISBN-13: 9780393357271
• Weight: 294.84 grams
• Dimensions: 20.98 x 14.02 x 1.93 cm

“[An] affectionate and perceptive tribute.”—Wendy Smith, Boston Globe

In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Anne Boyd Rioux brings a fresh and engaging look at the circumstances leading Louisa May Alcott to write Little Women and why this beloved story of family and community ties set in the Civil War has resonated with audiences across time.

About the Author

Anne Boyd Rioux, a professor at the University of New Orleans, is the author of Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist and Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters, and the editor of Woolson’s Miss Grief and Other Stories. Rioux has received two National Endowment for the Humanities Awards, one for public scholarship, and lives in New Orleans.