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.
Diana Sudyka lives in Chicago..
Diana Sudyka is an artist and the illustrator of several children\'s books, including the award-winning series the Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, Sometimes Rain by Meg Fleming, When Sue Found Sue by Toni Buzzeo, and What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett.
Liz Rosenberg lives in Binghamton, New York, with her daughter, Lily, and their dog, Sophie.
Her books have received numerous awards, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Paterson Prize.
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She is also the author of the biography House of Dreams: The Life of L.
About author(s): Liz Rosenberg is a poet, best-selling novelist, professor, and writer of acclaimed books for children, including Monster Mama , an International Reading Association Children\'s Choice
The Carousel ; and What James Said , among other titles.
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.
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.
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.
On long meandering runs through the woods behind Orchard House, she thought about a future where she could write and think and dream.
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.
Moody and restless, teenage Louisa longed for freedom.
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
