Good Wives

Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott             Audiobook:  9 hours, 32 mins      Hardback Book:  220 pages                  

This is the second book in Alcott’s series about the March sisters who’s characters are based on Alcott herself (Jo) and her 3 sisters and their lives growing up in their parents’ home.  This book picks up with Beth’s death, and the other sisters all now grown going on with their lives and marrying, having children, travelling and returning home and how their lives progress.   A good story, I was glad to see that Jo found someone in her hitting spinsterhood years.  J      Good information to be found here when Mrs. March gives info to Meg on how to be a good wife to her husband and how to take care of herself while taking care of her twins.   Louisa May Alcott was wise beyond her years and so perceptive on how one can lose a mate and how to undo behavior patterns that may have innocently driven one’s partner away.    May to December romance to be found here.   Very much a feel good set of books.     Many teaching moments.    I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the antics of the March family.    The death of Beth weighs heavily throughout but many new adventures seem to come from it.    The March girls seem to find themselves as last.   I found so much to love about this story and the characters I would highly recommend this story as a read or a retelling of the story to others.   It is a comfort to the soul like sitting in a rocking chair with someone you love and just enjoying the moment.   That is how the whole book is.    Excellent.

 - Shirley J.