I am reading it just like Ti is reading it – sooo slowly because I never want it to end! I feel utterly immersed in this story and I’ve learned so many new things about Louisa and Bronson especially.

BTW, I love how the publisher of the book used old fashioned looking paper and type – nice touch! Makes for a great tactile experience that Kindle can never replace.

This book is the perfect “vacation-in-my-head” book – thank you to the author for such a treat!

Bluestocking – she really captured the spirit of the Alcott family, and the typical NH setting.

Meg – let’s go with whetted! I read to enjoy the story, too. I know there are some (I hesitate to say zealots) who won’t let fiction be fiction

Care – have you read THE LOST SUMMER yet?

Lisa – I’m thinking of some contraversy around David Ebershoff’s THE 19TH WIFE. This was a wonderful piece of historical fiction (woven into a contemporary storyline); some readers were unhappy with the way Brigham Young was portrayed. Like you, I use historical fiction as a starting point; if I’m interested in the subject, I’ll research further.

zibilee – “lovable curmudgeon” … what a great description!

diane – you’re welcome! I hope you get to read it soon.

Margot – The author tells a wonderful “imagining” of what COULD HAVE happened that summer … I hope you like it.

Colleen – fiction is fiction. (and the truth can be stranger than fiction!)

savvy – oh, I may have mislead you. The author researched via journals, and some small snippets are quoted at the beginning of chapters, but there are not a lot of LMA’s journal entries in the book (some may be used as dialogue?)

Sarah – I think you’ll enjoy it! Especially how the four daughters may be “labelled” by their family (shades of THE OPPOSITE OF ME in the Alcott family history!)

Beth F – is it on your TBR?

Thanks for your review!