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

Kirkus Reviews calls Louisa May Alcott “delicious”

“A deliciously palatable biography of the iconic writer whose life was “as full of plot and character as any [she] invented,” says Kirkus Reviews of Harriet Reisen’s book, which appears in stores October 27. Reisen deftly weaves the story of Alcott’s life into the rich social, cultural and historical fabric of mid-19th-century New England.”

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