{"product_id":"march-sisters-on-life-death-and-little-women-a-library-of-america-special-publication-hardcover","title":"March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women: A Library of America Special Publication - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Bolick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJenny Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour acclaimed female authors--including Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e author Carmen Carmen Maria Machado--reflect on their lifelong engagement with Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of girlhood and growing up.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley explore their strong lifelong personal engagement with Alcott's novel \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e--what it has meant to them and why it still matters. 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