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MARMEE & LOUISA
LAPLANTE, EVE
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
Since its release nearly 150 years ago, Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women has been a mainstay in
American literature, while passionate Jo March and her calm, beloved “Marmee” have shaped generations of
young women. Biographers have consistently credited her father, Bronson Alcott, for Louisa’s professional
success, assuming that this outspoken idealist was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable
independence. But in this riveting dual biography, Eve LaPlante explodes those myths, drawing on unknown and
unexplored letters and journals to show that Louisa’s “Marmee,” Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual
and emotional center of her daughter’s world. It was Abigail who urged Louisa to write, who inspired many of her
stories, and who gave her the support and courage she needed to pursue her unconventional path. Abigail, long
dismissed as a quiet, self-effacing companion to her famous husband and daughter, is revealed here as a
politically active feminist firebrand, a fascinating thinker in her own right. Examining family papers, archival
documents, and diaries thought to have been destroyed, LaPlante paints an exquisitely moving and utterly
convincing portrait of a woman decades ahead of her time—and the fiercely independent daughter who was both
inspired and restricted by her mother’s dreams of freedom.
BIOGRAPHY 1ST PRINTING 40,000
FREE PRESS 304 PAGES
9781451620665
$29.99 HC
NOVEMBER 2012
MARVEL COMICS: THE UNTOLD STORY
HOWE, SEAN
The defining, never-before-told, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and
beleaguered popular artistic entities in America’s history—Marvel Comics—and how it reshaped culture, creating
a modern American mythology for millions of fans.
GRAPHIC NOVEL REFERENCE 1ST PRINTING 35,000
HARPER 496 PAGES
9780061992100
$31.50 HC
OCTOBER 2012
MASTERCHEF: THE ULTIMATE COOKBOOK
MASTERCHEF
When MasterChef first premiered in July 2010, audiences were intrigued by the grueling competition for
America’s best amateur chef, spawning such bestselling chefs as Rodale’s own Whitney Miller. Now, in its third
season, the show has nestled itself into the hearts of millions nationwide and we are ready to bring the fans what
they really want: MasterChef 2: The Ultimate Cookbook.
COOKING
RODALE 320 PAGES
9781609615123
$31.00 HC
SEPTEMBER 2012
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