Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography Audiobook

" Biography of Louisa May, lots of interesting history around that time period. "

" I didn't care for Susan Cheever's writing per se, but the tragic story of this woman's life was incredible. "

" She supported her whole family including her feckless father with her writing while neglecting her health and her own life. A woman of her time but also ahead of her time. "

" I liked this biography, even though sometimes the personal essay/biography combination didn't work quite as well as I thought it should. "

" Not much I didn't know, but good read anyway. "

" I thoroughly enjoyed this biography of one of my favorite authors. Susan Cheever manages to capture not only the spirit of the Alcott household, but the spirit of the Transcendental age in Massachusetts, of Alcott, Emerson and Thoreau. The irascible Bronson Alcott's dominating and almost ominous presence in Louisa's life has been the source of marked speculation for years and Cheever's book is no different, but while her conclusions are at times unsettling, they are plausibly derived from her sources and extremely interesting to read. "

" Good on LMA's family background and relationships. Shallow on her writing. Dismisses Jo's Boys in one paragraph; no discussion of the novel Work. Misspells Friedrich Bhaer's first name as "Frederic" twice in the text and once in the index. "

" The best biography, I've read/listened to in a long, time. Louisa was a rockstar in her day. JK Rowling for the 19th century. "

" Good intro to LMA's life although I'm not totally sure the execution of the concept of a "personal history" totally works. "

" Good for Little Women or Alcott fans. More like "musings" than a biography -- but nice info about Concord and the Alcotts, Emersons. "

" Cheever's subject is so interesting that she really didn't need to include so much of her own editorializing. "

" I loved Louisa May Alcott's books as a girl, so this was a somewhat sentimental choice for me. If you're interested in her, it is an interesting read. Some of the best parts for me were Susan Cheever's reflections on the creative process. "

" sometimes really good but had its plodding parts. "

" Not engaging at all and I only struggled through to the end because I wanted to know the rest of Louisa May Alcott's story. "

" Okayyyyyy.......made it very easy to understand LMA's life as a whole but didn't really focus on smaller, everyday details (which were missed!) "

" Liked the "biography", could have done without the "personal" part. "

" This book is a great way to learn of the real Louisa May Alcott, who's life was quite a bit harder than than Jo March's. The trials of her life are heart-breaking. Jo's life must have been what she wished for her own life. "

" Okayyyyyy.......made it very easy to understand LMA's life as a whole but didn't really focus on smaller, everyday details (which were missed!) "

" I am a sucker for anything by or about Louisa May Alcott. I enjoyed reading about Alcott's life. She lived through some difficult times and events and it was interesting to imagine what may have inspired her for "Little Women". "

" I had not read any bio of Ms. Alcott prior to this, so it was illuminating about one of my favorites authors. Her relationship with the Transcendalists was very interesting. You forget that all these wonderful literary figures lived in the same period and interacted and influenced each other. "

" Good intro to LMA's life although I'm not totally sure the execution of the concept of a "personal history" totally works. "

" I loved Little Women as a kid. This was an absorbing read. "