Little Women has always been about the sisters’ journey-their path to adulthood.
The basic characters are the same: responsible Meg, who has everything she ever wanted in her traditional marriage independent Jo, struggling to establish herself as a writer and still make a living shy Beth, coping alone with her talent and her fears and artistic Amy, eager for recognition and approval. How did you modernize Meg and Jo while still holding true to Alcott’s literary vision? Meg and Jo isn’t so much about if or who the sisters will marry-although that’s an important element of the story-but about who they will become.
But the emphasis in this story is very different. I’m still drawing on classic stories of my childhood for inspiration (I always imagined Sea Witch as a sexy, feminist version of The Little Mermaid). I’m still writing about families and relationships. And I wanted to tell Meg and Jo (and Beth and Amy) in a way that reflected that perspective.Īs the author of over thirty novels, how did writing your first women’s fiction book differ from your previous works? When I first read the book-my grandmother gave a copy to my sister and me when I was about ten-I wanted to go live with the March family and act in plays and write a newspaper and all the rest of it.īut as I grew up, things I’d sort of skipped over in the story struck me for the first time or in a different way. There’s so much warmth and joy in Little Women! Virginia: I think we need stories about strong women and families pulling together in tough times. Jen: What inspired you to write Meg & Jo, a contemporary retelling of Little Women?
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