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Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson

4.0

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I finally hunkered down to read this book I purchased (gulp) 7 years ago. Matteson does a great job writing biographies on Bronson and Louisa Mae Alcott in one book. You get a true sense of these two people and their family. They lived an amazing life especially for the time. Bronson was a man well ahead of his time. He is a great example of never letting failure keep you down. Success can happen at anytime and any age. Louisa, had an amazing spirit and her real-life was far more interesting and dramatic than Little Women. The book makes me want to walk the streets they lived in Boston and Concord.