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Gothic! by Deborah Noyes7/7/2023 Like me, Louisa grew up devouring gothic romance-in her case, alongside the elevated work of Concord neighbors Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.īy 1863, Louisa had already been a professional writer for ten years with fairy tales, poetry, literary fiction, and popular fiction under her belt. I set out to focus on her “hungry” years (and in her case we can take that literally) growing up in relative poverty in an eccentric family, constantly on the move. I read Little Women later in life, so the book wasn’t formative in the way that it was for so many others, though like a lot of aspiring women writers, I strongly identified with Louisa’s alter ego, Jo Marsh.įor me it was Louisa’s unusual upbringing and the fact that she lived a literary double life that made me want to write about her. My book ends (spoiler) at the moment her iconic one begins. Welcome, Deborah! Could you tell us about your new release?Ī Hopeful Heart (Random House, 2020) is a biography of Louisa May Alcott before her break-out success with Little Women (Roberts Brothers, 1868). I am excited to welcome Deborah Noyes to Cynsations to share with our readers her thoughts on the creative life, both about her own work and that which has influenced her.
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