Interview any woman writer and odds are they will bring up Jo March. Everyone from Nora Ephron to J.K. Rowling to Susan Sontag to Simone de Beauvoir has claimed the bookish and bold heroine of Louisa May Alcott’s 150+ year old classic, Little Women, as a personal inspiration. What is it about Jo? In this episode, Katie discusses her personal relationship to this story and why it is the more 'mundane' aspects of Jo that make her a truly relatable and enduring heroine.
"Why we all want to be Jo March"
https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/why-we-all-want-to-be-jo-march
Recommendations --
Audio book Little Women - Barbara Caruso narrating
Little Women movies (1990s version and 2019 Greta Gerwig version)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
'dancing around your house music' - ABBA - "Mama Mia"
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