The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott

<b>In the bestselling tradition of <i>Loving Frank</i> and <i>March</i> comes a novel for anyone who loves <i>Little Women</i>. </b> <br><br> Millions of readers have fallen in love with <i>Little Women</i>. But how could Louisa May Alcott-who never had a romance-write so convincingly of love and heart-break without experiencing it herself? <br><br> Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O'Connor McNees imagines a love affair that would threaten Louisa's writing career-and inspire the story of Jo and Laurie in <i>Little Women</i>. Stuck in small-town New Hampshire in 1855, Louisa finds herself torn between a love that takes her by surprise and her dream of independence as a writer in Boston. The choice she must make comes with a steep price that she will pay for the rest of her life.