I didn’t know what to expect I just knew that I wanted it. Jo & Laurie takes place in between the two parts that make up the entire Little Women story while also adding this huge original twist to it. We get to step back and meet Jo March, the real Jo March, who wrote the story Little Women Part One and is now dealing with the fame and success of it. Little Women is meant to be the fictionalized story of her life, while Jo & Laurie is her real life. There is no rich Aunt Marg, Beth does not survive her first round and only round of Scarlett fever and Meg has never even exchanged words with Laurie’s tutor. All of it was made up for her novel. It’s like pulling the curtain back and meeting the wizard.
Jo & Laurie is not meant to replace or add to the Little Women story, but take a step sideways and pretend that Alcott did not write Little Women but Jo herself is the author. So for everyone royally pissed on goodreads and rating it one star without even reading it, shame on you and a plague on your houses!
Jo & Laurie is not meant to replace or add to the Little Women story, but take a step sideways and pretend that Alcott did not write Little Women but Jo herself is the author. So for everyone royally pissed on goodreads and rating it one star without even reading it, shame on you and a plague on your houses!