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another book review:

so i've finished work by louisa may alcott. i'm not really a fan of hers (i despised little women...) but i was reading this for some thought-provoking background to the new exhibit going up here at work in april. yes, this book is fiction, but it is meant to represent the life of a working-woman in nineteenth century america. it is meant to be a social justice title, and according to many sources was actually inspired by alcott's own life.

christie leaves her comfortable aunt and uncle's farm at 18 to seek her fortune and find her way in the world. the book follows her as she goes from one job to the next, working herself to the bone. after about 10 years, an illness and kind of breakdown, she falls in love and finally finds her place in life. but then the civil war breaks out and changes everything again.

this book wasn't bad, but in true alcott fashion, it's heavy on religion and how christie finds it and it saves her, etc. etc. but it's a much better story than little women and i truly didn't mind it at all. still, for me, it was really only a space filler, and something i wouldn't have read normally and don't know that i would encourage others to read it either. overall, it's alright.