Scribbles, Sorrows, and Russet Leather Boots: The Life of Louisa May Alcott

Name: Scribbles, Sorrows, and Russet Leather Boots: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
Brand: Candlewick
SKU: 9780763694357-CWUSDTR
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Liz Rosenberg (Author) • Diana Sudyka (Illustrator) ... more

Edition: US - Hardback

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English • Age 10 - 14

432 pages • 6.25 x 8.81 x 1.3 in

Approx. weight: 1.49 lb

Publication date: 12 Oct,2021

Barcode: 9780763694357 • Candlewick

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By: Liz Rosenberg | Illustrator: Diana Sudyka

Insightful, exciting, and deeply moving, Liz Rosenberg’s distinctive portrait of the author of Little Women reveals some of her life’s more complex and daring aspects.

Moody and restless, teenage Louisa longed for freedom. Faced with the expectations of her loving but hapless family, the Alcotts, and of nineteenth-century New England society, Louisa struggled to find her place. On long meandering runs through the woods behind Orchard House, she thought about a future where she could write and think and dream. Undaunted by periods of abject poverty and enriched by friendships with some of the greatest minds of her time and place, she was determined to have this future, no matter the cost.

Drawing on the surviving journals and letters of Louisa and her family and friends, author and poet Liz Rosenberg reunites Louisa May Alcott with her most ardent readers. In this warm and sometimes heartbreaking biography, Rosenberg delves deep into the oftentimes secretive life of a woman who was ahead of her time, imbued with social conscience, and always moving toward her future with a determination that would bring her fame, tragedy, and the realization of her biggest dreams.