Good Wives - Softcover

Alcott, Louisa May

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1480135232 ISBN 13: 9781480135239

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Time has changed the March household home of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. It has turned to that time where the girls must go out and find their places in the big word. The marvelous things that the girls dreamed of doing they each must find themselves. Taking on the big world their talents develop as each grows more accomplished, as each of the girls find love as tragedy strikes they find comfort in each other and home. Louisa May Alcott's Good Wives along with Little Women continually rank as amoung the best children's books of all time.

About this title

Review:

"Six generations of readers have found in the story of the March family universal truths about girls, families and growing up" (Guardian)

"Deals with life's big questions - love and death, war and peace, and ambition versus family responsibility - in a way that is inspiring and realistic. Use a hankie as a bookmark - tears are guaranteed" (Marie Claire)

"Good Wives is a glorious weep-a-minute...a more complex narrative that follows each of the girls' journeys, real or metaphorical, away from the parental home" (Independent)

"So what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!" (National Association for the Teaching of English)

Book Description:

The sequel to Little Women - guaranteed to make you laugh and cry!

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1480135232
• ISBN 13: 9781480135239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182