Good Wives
Published on 4. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-14-136003-4 (ISBN)
Description
Good Wives is the second story about the March family.
Three years on from Little Women, the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way - from Meg's sad lesson in housekeeping to Laurie's disappointment in love and a tragedy which touches them all - each of the girls finally finds happiness, if not always in the way they expect.
The book includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more..
Also in Puffin Classics: Little Women, Little Men and Jo's Boys.
Three years on from Little Women, the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way - from Meg's sad lesson in housekeeping to Laurie's disappointment in love and a tragedy which touches them all - each of the girls finally finds happiness, if not always in the way they expect.
The book includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more..
Also in Puffin Classics: Little Women, Little Men and Jo's Boys.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-136003-4 (9780141360034)
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Person
Louisa May Alcott (1832-88) was brought up in Pennsylvania, USA. She turned to writing in order to supplement the family income and had many short stories published in magazines and newspapers. Then, in 1862, during the height of the American Civil War, Louisa went to Georgetown to work as a nurse, but she contracted typhoid. Out of her experiences she wrote Hospital Sketches (1864) which won wide acclaim, followed by an adult novel, Moods.
She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result was Little Women (1868) which became the earliest American children's novel to become a classic.
She was reluctant to write a children's book but then realized that in herself and her three sisters she had the perfect models. The result was Little Women (1868) which became the earliest American children's novel to become a classic.