{"product_id":"9781429923989","title":"The Little Women: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA delightfully clever contemporary novel inspired by the Louisa May Alcott classic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Katharine Weber's third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Women\u003c\/i\u003e, three adolescent sisters--Meg, Jo and Amy--are shocked when they discover their mother's affair, but are truly devastated by their father's apparently easy forgiveness of her. Shattered by their parents' failure to live up to the moral standards and values of the family, the two younger sisters leave New York (and their private school) and move to Meg's apartment in New Haven, where Meg is a junior at Yale. They enroll in the local inner-city public high school, and, divorced from their parents, they try to make a life with Meg as their surrogate mother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the form of an autobiographical novel by Joanna, the middle sister, the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Women\u003c\/i\u003e are punctuated by comments from the \"real\" Meg and Amy. Their notes and Jo's replies form a second narrative, as they argue about the \"truth\" of the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do readers insist on searching for the autobiographical elements of fiction? When does a novelist go too far in mulching actual experience for a novel? What rights, if any, does a writer have to grant the people in her life and story?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ingenious combination of classic storytelling in a contemporary mode, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Women \u003c\/i\u003econfirms Katharine Weber's reputation as a writer who \"astutely explores the gap between perception and reality.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153845010672,"sku":"9781429923989","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429923989_p0.jpg?v=1763748008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429923989","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}