Alcott audiobook set for December 1, 2009
Tantor Media is finishing recording Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women and expects to have it in stores well before Christmas. Author Harriet Reisen is the narrator. Tantor Media is coming up fast in the audiobook world–it puts out 30-50 titles each month.
Author Talk: Harriet Reisen
Tomorrow, November 12th at 6PM at the Boston Public Library, author Harriet Reisen will read selections from her book, “Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women” followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Birthday Book Give-Away
Enter for your chance to win a signed copy of “Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women”.
Wall Street Journal: Reisen’s “full and vivid portrait”
As Harriet Reisen’s enchanting biography reminds us, Alcott patterned the March family on her own and Jo on herself . . . . [Her life] is richly examined in Ms. Reisen’s full and vivid portrait.”—Melanie Kirkpatrick, The Wall Street Journal
Reisen to guest at WETA Book Studio November 23
Book Studio is a great site featuring author interviews with, for example, Deborah Tannen, Mary Gordon, Zoe Heller, and even some guys! Let’s see….Richard Russo, Michael Pollan, Tom Perrotta, etc. Host Bethanne Patrick asks good questions, and was named after Beth March. Watch beginning November 23, or log in now to hear past episodes.
ELLE says “oui” to Louisa’s story
“Harriet Reisen’s Louisa May Alcott captures the grit and grace notes of the hardscrabble life and eventual fame of the Little Women author. When not writing books, magazine pieces, journal entries, and letters, Alcott tended Civil War soldiers, traveled, and taught. Her story equals—maybe bests—her beloved book about the lively March sisters.” Elle, November 2009
Good Housekeeping: Seal of Approval
Good Reads, Book Picks for November recommends bio “To Delight You: Louisa May Alcott, by Harriet Reisen. Born to a prestigious but poor New England family. Little Women’s creator wresteled with, ambition, illness, and fame …. this juicy bio is a page-turner.”
Good Housekeeping: Seal of Approval
Good Housekeeping’s Good Reads, Book Picks, for November recommends bio “To Delight You: Louisa May Alcott, by Harriet Reisen. Born to a prestigious but poor New England family. Little Women’s creator wresteled with, ambition, illness, and fame… this juicy bio is a page-turner.”
Library Journal: “lively and appealing;” “compelling”
“This compelling biography allows readers to know Alcott and appreciate her as “her own best character,” says Library Journal. VERDICT? “Highly recommended.”
