NEW RELEASE
The Little Women Letters - Gabrielle Donnelly (2011)
Can you imagine what the descendants of Jo March might be like in the modern world? Well, if you can - or even if you can't - this book will take you on a discovery of three wonderful sisters who are united by a relative that they didn't know much about. When Lulu, the middle child, finds a stack of letters in the attic of her childhood home, she realises they are from Jo, her great-great-grandmother, and tell candidly of her life so many years ago. Lulu feels as though she can't meet up to the standards of her sisters but the letters of her ancestor help guide her to find out what truly makes her happy and what makes her unique. But, can the letters from a time long ago actually help Lulu find her way in a world so modern and different than the one that Jo lived in? This is a story that cleverly ties together the past and present and pays homage to the original Little Women novel by Louisa May Alcott. It also speaks of the joys and trials of sisterhood and family, which is something anyone can relate to no matter when you were born. (AS)
Gabrielle Donnelly's upcoming novel is a contemporary one about the descendants of the March sisters from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The summary of The Little Women Letters says: When Josephine March's great-great-granddaughter stumbles across her letters, the Little Women shed a glorious light on a new generation of sisters. The Atwaters are a loving, sprawling mess of a family and Fee's three daughters, Emma, Lulu and Sophie, couldn't be less alike if they tried. Emma is planning her wedding, Sophie is an up-and-coming actress, but Lulu - the cleverest of them all - is more than a little lost. If life is for living, why is she stuck in a series of dead-end jobs? Grandma Jo's letters had been gathering dust in the attic for decades, but when Lulu gets her hands on them, everything seems to change and different worlds begin to open up. And even though dark family secrets emerge, Jo's words offer comfort and guidance across the centuries. Sometimes family is all that matters. And sisters are the closest friends you can find." The Little Women Letters is out in May.