Small women

The story of four sisters in Civil War-era America

A semi-autobiographical novel in which the author tells the story of her family. Four sisters, seventeen-year-old Margaret, sixteen-year-old Josephine, 14 years old Lisa and the youngest Amalia, coming of age during the American Civil War, that affects them personally very much. I mean, their daddy fights in it too. The girls fear for his life, the family struggles with poverty and illness. Yet the novel exudes determination, cohesion and courage in the face of life's adversities. Truthfulness, love, friendship, compassion and forgiveness influence the lives of the sisters without being ostentatious about it. A bestseller read by generations of readers, translated and retold by Jindřiška Smetanová.