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Eve LaPlante

Eve LaPlante
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Eve LaPlante

Eve LaPlante is a great niece and a first cousin of Abigail and Louisa May Alcott. She is the author of Seized, American Jezebel, and Salem Witch Judge, which won the 2008 Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction. She is also the editor of My Heart Is Boundless the first collection of Abigail May Alcott’s private papers. She lives with her family in New England.

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Marmee & Louisa will be released on November 19, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 17, 2013
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 10, 2012
My Heart is Boundless is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Nov 06, 2012
My Heart is Boundless will be released on November 06, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Nov 06, 2012
Marmee & Louisa will be released on November 06, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 06, 2012
Marmee & Louisa is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 06, 2012
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Lecture series on Alcott family
Boston Globe, April 2, 2013
...know very well, and that . . . inspired the series, Bewick said. The series started on March 27 with author Eve LaPlante and focused on Abigail. On Wednesday, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson will discuss Louisas father, Bronson. Finally, Jan...
BOOK NOTES: "Marmee & Louisa," ... "Black Fire,"
Individual.com, March 24, 2013
...Grand Forks Public Library --"Marmee & Louisa," by Eve LaPlante. Abigail Alcott's great-niece and Louisa May Alcott's cousin, Eve LaPlante, re-creates their shared story from diaries, letters, and personal papers. LaPlante shows that it was Louisa's...
ALCOTT SERIES IN HINGHAM: First speaker is Wednesday
Wicked Local Hingham, March 21, 2013
...Eve LaPlante, who is the author of Marmee & Louisa and My Heart Is Boundless, is the first speaker in the Alcott Series at New North. Events Calendar Hingham — New...
Ten perfect books to give your mother this Sunday
Telegraph, March 7, 2013
...Alcott and her Mother Marmee and Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and her Mother by Eve LaPlante Biographers of Louisa May Alcott, author of the beloved novel Little Women, have often attributed her professional success to her father,...
March programs set at Long Branch Library
Atlanticville, March 6, 2013
...will be discussing “American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans,” by Eve LaPlante. A lively discussion of the valiant life of this founding mother. Refreshments are supplied, and attendees are welcome to...
Alcott series at New North Church
Wicked Local Hingham, February 20, 2013
...Alcott. Abigail May Alcott, the mother of Louisa May Alcott, will be the subject of the first lecture. Eve LaPlante, author of the just published dual biography “Marmee & Louisa” and the first compilation of Abigail’s private journals and...
First Saturday: Book Discussion
Back Bay Patch, February 1, 2013
...Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother in anticipation of its program with author Eve LaPlante on Thursday evening, March 7, at 5:30 PM. Join us and find out why National Public Radio called it “One of the top ten books of...
BY THE BOOK: Authors, readings, signings
MetroWest Daily News, January 11, 2013
...struggle with her young son’s health issues. For information, go to www.thebookshack.net. ABOUT THE ALCOTTS Eve LaPlante, author of “Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott & Her Mother,” will talk about the book at 3 p.m....
Greater Boston author readings Jan. 13-19
Boston Globe, January 10, 2013
...High St., Medford … Adam Mansbach (“Rage Is Back”) reads at 2 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Eve LaPlante (“Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and her Mother”) reads at 3 p.m. at Hingham Public Library … Katherine Fast,...
CALENDAR: Jan. 12-18
Wicked Local Plympton, January 10, 2013
...bookshop. For more information, call the library at 781-934-2721, ext. 108, or Westwinds Bookshop at 781-934-2128. Meet author Eve LaPlante at 3 p.m. at the Hingham Public Library. LaPlante will present her two simultaneously published books, “Marmee...
CALENDAR: Jan. 12-18
Wicked Local Halifax, January 10, 2013
...bookshop. For more information, call the library at 781-934-2721, ext. 108, or Westwinds Bookshop at 781-934-2128. Meet author Eve LaPlante at 3 p.m. at the Hingham Public Library. LaPlante will present her two simultaneously published books, “Marmee...
CALENDAR: Jan. 12-18
Wicked Local Plymouth, January 10, 2013
...bookshop. For more information, call the library at 781-934-2721, ext. 108, or Westwinds Bookshop at 781-934-2128. Meet author Eve LaPlante at 3 p.m. at the Hingham Public Library. LaPlante will present her two simultaneously published books, “Marmee...
CALENDAR: Jan. 12-18
Wicked Local Wareham, January 10, 2013
...bookshop. For more information, call the library at 781-934-2721, ext. 108, or Westwinds Bookshop at 781-934-2128. Meet author Eve LaPlante at 3 p.m. at the Hingham Public Library. LaPlante will present her two simultaneously published books, “Marmee...
CALENDAR: Jan. 12-18
Wicked Local Marion, January 10, 2013
...bookshop. For more information, call the library at 781-934-2721, ext. 108, or Westwinds Bookshop at 781-934-2128. Meet author Eve LaPlante at 3 p.m. at the Hingham Public Library. LaPlante will present her two simultaneously published books, “Marmee...