THE REVELATION OF LOUISA MAY

Louisa May Alcott, author of the beloved Little Women, lives a very different life than her heroine Jo. With her mother gone to try and earn enough money to support the family, it is up to Louisa to manage her helpless family, the house, and her own writing. Her life is further complicated by the return of an old friend who is interested in courting her, and a fugitive slave who appears on Louisa's doorstep asking for help. When a vicious slave catcher is found murdered, Louisa must think fast to safeguard her family and famous friends, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.