Description: On its 150th anniversary, four acclaimed authors offer personal reflections on their lifelong engagement with Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of girlhood and growing up. These four voices come together to form a deep, funny, far-ranging meditation on the power of great literature to shape lives.
Review Quotes: "In addition to sharing literary insights and personal histories, the authors also discuss the extent to which the Marches resembled and diverged from their real-life models: Alcott's own sisters. Any readers who have ever compared themselves to Meg, Jo, Beth, or Amy--or to all four--will enjoy seeing Alcott's much-loved classic through these alternate perspectives." --Publishers Weekly
"Reading the 19th-century novel through a contemporary lens, writers Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado and Jane Smiley have, in March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women produced essays that are fresh, layered and insightful. . . . The March sisters march on in this stimulating, discerning and engaging book." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Jane Smiley's fresh, sharp take on the much-maligned Amy, is a tonic--and a revelation." --The Wall Street Journal