Little Women and Me - Likewise Book Reviews

"What if you could enter the world of your favorite book...and change the outcome? When 14 year old Emily March is asked to write about how she would improve <i>Little Women</i>, she finds herself sucked into the classic novel as a 5th sister. Although alternately bored, horrified and disgusted by their life of 19th century piety and deprivation, Emily quickly realizes that sibling love and rivalry (especially over boys) is not that different in 2010 than it was in 1862. But can she use her 21st century wits to save Beth from an early grave, and Jo from losing the love of her life?<br/><br/>Alcott purists may recoil, but the author's gentle spoofing clearly belies an abiding affection for the story and characters. And what modern day Alcott lover wouldn't chuckle over Emily's reaction to a Marmee lecture: " 'remember that we could never be fatherless-' oh, right she was talking about God again"."