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My Heart is Boundless: Writings of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's Mother

Edited by Eve LaPlante

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Little Womenâ€™s â€œMarmeeâ€ is one of the most recognizable mothers in American literature. But the real woman behind the fictionâ€”Louisa May Alcottâ€™s own mother, Abigailâ€”has for more than a century remained shrouded in mystery. Scholars believed that her papers were burned by her daughter and husband, as they claimed, and that little additional information survived. Until now. When Abigailâ€™s biographer and great-niece Eve LaPlante found a collection of letters and diaries in an attic trunk and began exploring the Alcott family archives, a window opened onto the life of this woman who has for too long been hiding in plain sight. These discoveries, and others, inform LaPlanteâ€™s groundbreaking new dual biography, Marmee & Louisa, a companion volume to My Heart Is Boundless. No self-effacing housewife, Abigail was a passionate writer and thinker, a feminist far ahead of her time. She taught her daughters the importance of supporting themselves and dreamed of a day when a woman, like a man, could enjoy both a family and a career. Here at last, in her own words, is this extraordinary womanâ€™s story, brought to the public for the first time. Full of wit, charm, and astonishing wisdom, Abigailâ€™s private writings offer a moving, intimate portrait of a mother, a wife, a sister, and a fierce intellect that demands to be heard.

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