Good Wives

Before becoming a world-renowned author of youth literature, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) worked as a nurse during the Civil War, fought against slavery, and was one of the early participants in the women's suffrage movement. After starting to write children's books, she achieved unprecedented fame and wealth. She viewed the world and wrote about it as she lived – with faith in the future, with love and compassion for people. The fidelity to life’s truth and high ideals, humor, and an unquenchable optimism inherent in her work will always attract young and adult readers to her books.

"Good Wives" is a continuation of "Little Women," a sincere and touching novel about the childhood and youth of four sisters. Margaret, Jo, Beth, and Amy are so different, so unique. Together they cope with difficulties, experience sorrows and joys, dream of the future, and undergo a challenging path to adulthood. As they become young women, they are confronted with new concerns. Vividly and engagingly describing their fate, Alcott instills faith in people and human feelings once again.