"Little Women" is a Tender Exploration of Girlhood
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is one of those books I always knew I'd love long before reading it. I was first introduced to the story in my early childhood, when I watched the 1994 film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Bale. Though I forgot the plot as I aged, I remembered the way the movie made me feel--appreciative of the many highlights and hardships of girlhood. Flash forward to 2019, and one of my favorite directors (Greta Gerwig) was putting out a remake of the film, this time starring some of my favorite actors (Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, and Emma Watson, to name a few). I vowed this time to read the book before watching the movie, but of course never got around to it by the time the film was released. Not wanting to miss out on pop-cultural conversations however, I still decided to watch the remake, and found myself once more enchanted by the story of the March sisters. This past Christmas I was finally given a reason to read the book that I had ...
