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    Kate's Choice
    Kate's Choice
    Kate's Choice
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    Kate's Choice

    By Louisa May Alcott

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    In "Kate's Choice" a young English girl inherits a financial windfall when she is suddenly orphaned. Per her father's wish, she is sent to America to live with the families of each of her four uncles in order to choose where she will live. Each family is full of wonderful, prosperous interesting people, all of them anxious that Kate should choose their family to stay with. But at Christmastime, Kate surprises them all by announcing whom she shall stay with.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateSep 26, 2017
    ISBN9781974916566
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    Louisa May Alcott

    Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is the author of the beloved Little Women, which was based on her own experiences growing up in New England with her parents and three sisters. More than a century after her death, Louisa May Alcott's stories continue to delight readers of all ages.

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      These are all nice little stories that gently teach good lessons: don't neglect the elderly, being good to neighbors can brighten one's own life, and practical things are as good to know as more abstract things, because one never knows when they might be needed. Oh -- and don't let your pride keep you from admitting that you're lost, and pay more attention to the weather.All the characters are decent people, even if some need a nudge to remember to Do the Right Thing. If you want some Christmas entertainment for your children or grandchildren that isn't another variation on the idea that Christmas is all about receiving and not about the giving, these would be good stories to share with them.For adult readers, the editor's notes section is interesting. First we're given something about Miss Alcott and the three stories reprinted here: Kate's Choice , What Love Can Do, which was originally titled How It All Happened; and Gwen's Adventure in the Snow, which was originally titled How They All Camped Out. The second section is about the virtues of Miss Alcott's upbringing, which were reflected in her writing.The third section is a short biography. The last is about Mr. Hines, the editor.From these notes I learned a couple of things about Mr. and Mrs. Alcott that I hadn't known: Abba Alcott was one of the first paid social workers in the USA. I'd already known about Bronson Alcott's impracticality. I hadn't known that he was a good carpenter, but once refused to work as one because he thought it would "debase the purity of his soul". If it weren't for the fact that Mr. Alcott's inability to support his family helped lead to his daughter giving the world some beloved children's classics, I would have a wish. I'd wish that his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson, had told Alcott that since carpentry was good enough for Jesus Christ, that should be good enough for him. I mean really!The illustrations are very well done. They look as if they could be tinted photographs. I like the decorated background for the title pages, the sprigs above and below the page numbers, and the border along the bottom margin of the pages. There's a presentation page with a line each to write to whom the book is being given, by whom, and the date given.My copy is a Crossings Book Club edition. Its dimensions (with the dust jacket removed) are: 8 & 1/2 inches high, 5 and 1/2 inches wide, and 1/2 inch thick.
    • 3/5
      Several tender stories by one of my most favorite authors.

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    Kate's Choice - Louisa May Alcott

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    KATE'S CHOICE

    By

    LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

    This edition published by Dreamscape Media LLC, 2018

    www.dreamscapeab.com * info@dreamscapeab.com

    1417 Timberwolf Drive, Holland, OH 43528

    877.983.7326

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    About Louisa May Alcott:

    Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

    Alcott's family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard, under which she wrote novels for young adults that focused on spies, revenge, and cross dressers.

    Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The novel was very well received and is still a popular children's novel today, filmed several times.

    Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained unmarried throughout her life. She died from a stroke, two days after her father died, in Boston on March 6, 1888.

    Source: Wikipedia

    Kate's Choice

    Well, what do you think of her?

    I think she's a perfect dear and not a bit stuck up with all her money.

    A real little lady and ever so pretty.

    "She kissed me lots, and she

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