About the Author
Drawing from her childhood in a close-knit and unique family from Concord, Massachusetts, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) created a beloved collection of works about young people coming of age in the post Civil-War era. Alcott's books for young adults, among them Little Women, Jo's Boys, Under the Lilacs, and An Old-Fashioned Girl, are noted for their wholesome themes. However, she was a multi-faceted writer who also dabbled in a more grown-up genre. Sometimes published under a pseudonym or anonymously, Alcott's alternative body of work consists of "less respectable" and torrid romances, mysteries, and thrillers such as A Long Fatal Love Chase, A Modern Mephistopheles, and Behind a Mask.
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'If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,' said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield one summer day, looking about them with faces full of pride and pleasure.
'This is the sort of magic that money and kind ...
Ratings for 'Jo's Boys' by Alcott, Louisa May
| bluekumo3 |  | 2011-07-08 | |
| Bookworm721 |  | 2012-01-27 | |
| Genjigirl | | 2009-03-23 | |
| jdbard | | 2010-02-16 | |
| justAnca | | 2010-11-16 | |
| nishas | | 2011-08-08 | |
| rattatner | | 2009-12-06 | |
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| turtle7761 | | 2010-01-27 |
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