Turning Toward Love - Little Women - Feb. 9, 2020

If you do any research into Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women the question which comes up over and over is “Why?”  Why has a book about four young white women in 19th century Concord, Massachusetts, continued to be read and admired for 150 years?  It has been translated into over 50 languages, adapted for plays and movies, including the most recent, directed by Greta Guerwig and up for 6 Oscar nominations tonight, including best adapted screenplay.  Writers from Patti Smith to John Green, from Simone de Beauvoir to JK Rowling have credited the novel with inspiring them to write.  Even Teddy Roosevelt said he “worshipped” (his word) Little Women and its sequel Little Men.   What is the universal and timeless appeal of this seemingly provincial story?  Read the sermon here: