Jo's Boys

Written by Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by Barbara Caruso

Jo's Boys, written by Louisa May Alcott and first published in 1886, is the third novel in the Little Women series. It follows the lives of Jo's adopted sons, who range from mischievous young boys to young adults navigating the path to adulthood.

Through the characters' experiences, readers gain insight into the joys and struggles of growing up, learning to be responsible, and discovering the power of the human spirit. As the boys grow, they face difficult choices and must learn to make their own decisions.
Along the way, they must confront their own flaws and learn to accept themselves as they are.

Jo's Boys is a timeless story of family and friendship that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781470353889

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. Born in Philadelphia to a family of transcendentalists—her parents were friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau—Alcott was raised in Massachusetts. She worked from a young age as a teacher, seamstress, and domestic worker in order to alleviate her family’s difficult financial situation. These experiences helped to guide her as a professional writer, just as her family’s background in education reform, social work, and abolition—their home was a safe house for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad—aided her development as an early feminist and staunch abolitionist. Her career began as a writer for the Atlantic Monthly in 1860, took a brief pause while she served as a nurse in a Georgetown Hospital for wounded Union soldiers during the Civil War, and truly flourished with the 1868 and 1869 publications of parts one and two of Little Women. The first installment of her acclaimed and immensely popular “March Family Saga” has since become a classic of American literature and has been adapted countless times for the theater, film, and television. Alcott was a prolific writer throughout her lifetime, with dozens of novels, short stories, and novelettes published under her name, as the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, and anonymously.

Reviews for Jo's Boys

[saina4larson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was so amazing! I was so happy when I heard that there was another book in the series, and I loved that all the characters in little men are there; but older! I wish there was more books about them, but I’m also glad it ended there and yes, it was a great book.

[Jonathan Smith · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The final story in the March family series.
Just as heartwarming and well-written as all the others. Full of morals and values not commonly taught today.

Excellent oration; pleasant and easy listening.

Highly recommend for school-aged children of all ages.