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Kelly O'Connor McNees

THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Few novels play a more prominent role in American girlhood than Little Women. Since it was first published in 1868, millions of girls have cheered on the spunky Jo March as she proved girls could be tough, funny, and as smart as any boy.

But Little Women fans have always been puzzled by the novel's conclusion. Why won't Jo marry Teddy Laurence—"Laurie"—the charming neighbor who confesses he's loved her all her life? God knows Louisa got enough letters from fans begging her to let them end up together. Could it be that Louisa knew more of heartbreak than her biographers believe and hoped to spare poor Jo the same?

Readers will find an answer in THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, a wonderful debut novel by Kelly O’Connor McNees. In the summer of 1855, poverty forced the Alcott family to move to Walpole, New Hampshire. Here mercurial, clever Louisa meets...

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