If you've never read Little Women, or if you've read it (or watched it) and loathed it, go play some Angry Birds, because this post is definitely not for you.
The Little Women Letters, by Gabrielle Donnelly, is a fluffy treat of a book. It's nearly chick lit, but not quite, because there isn't anyone nasty in the book (and if they are, you soon see their redeeming features). It's a feel-good book that will make you laugh out loud; in my case, I did so several times.
The book is based on the premise that the story of Alcott's Little Women is actually true, and that the March family did exist. It focuses on three contemporary sisters, Emma/Josephine, Lulu, and Sophie, and their lovable but slightly odd parents. There are truly no evil characters in this story -- everybody is really so nice! Even the characters who initially seem standoffish or rude quickly are dealt with and their inner niceness is revealed.
Lulu, the middle sister, is going through a bit of a career crisis when she discovers the letters of her great-grandmother, Josephine March. (Just a note of explanation -- the book takes place in England; her father is English and her mother is a transplanted American). Through the letters, Lulu finds a lot of comfort, and of course the storyline cooperates.
The relationships in this book are ridiculously too good to be true, and the conversations almost sitcom-like, but who cares? It makes its reader so so happy. This is definitely a book to pick up if you're blue.
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