Overview

In this grown-ups' version of Little Women, the March family falls on hard times, after Mr. March goes away under murky circumstances. The four daughters are left to reach adulthood under very different conditions from the cushy life they were used to. Wise-cracking but fiercely protective Jo takes over as the man of the house, at the beginning of the story. Older sister Meg starts out struggling with a fixation on status and overdependence on her mother. Beth is sweet but troubled. She has crippling fears and still plays with dolls at fourteen. Amy is far too savvy for a twelve-year-old. The adults aren't always as wise and pious as in the original, either. The mother, Mooms, is doing strange things and seems a bit too friendly with the wealthy older gentleman next door. Things get really weird when a shocking surprise appears under the tree on Christmas morning.

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""... a breath of fresh air and daringly hilarious."" ""...Little Women meets A Confederacy of Dunces."" ""...it is, at its heart, the story of what it means to have a family--- to forgive and help each other and to excuse each other's ""ten percent of pure evil,"" as Jo calls it."" ""Berg's writing is rich and full of depth while also being irreverent and real.""

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Carly Berg was born and raised in the St. Louis burbs. She suffers from low self-esteem, due to never having been brave enough to go up in the Gateway Arch like everybody else did.

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