An old friend is better than two new ones. The last page of Little Women did not end the story of the March family. Meg, Jo, Bess, and Amy blossomed from "little" women to adult girls. They have to flutter out of the family nest and choose a life path. Someone will seek their happiness, and someone - themselves. They are waiting for new worries, joyful moments, romantic meetings and the bitterness of loss. Castles in the air built in childhood begin to crumble. The adult world is preparing new tests. However, the sisters are not ready to give up hope for the best. Will they become good wives, as the title of the book promises?

This bright book brings a smile, distracts from troubles and immerses in an atmosphere of comfort and warmth. The novel is able to cheer up readers of any age. The history of the March family has been repeatedly transferred to wide screens. The latest film adaptation of 2019, starring global stars, won the hearts of viewers and film critics, and was also nominated for six Oscar categories and won the award for Best Costume Design.

Before becoming world famous Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an author of juvenile literature, a nurse during the Civil War, an anti-slavery activist, and an early member of the women's suffrage movement. Starting to write children's books, she achieved unprecedented fame and fortune. She looked at the world and wrote about it the way she lived - with faith in the future, with love and compassion for people. Loyalty to the truth of life and high ideals, humor and unquenchable optimism inherent in her work will always attract young and adult readers to her books.

Good Wives is the continuation of Little Women, a sincere and touching novel about childhood and the youth of four sisters. Margaret, Joe, Bess and Amy are so different, so unique. Together they cope with difficulties, experience sorrows and joys, dream about the future and go through a difficult path of growing up. And as adults, they face new worries. Describing their fate vividly and captivatingly, Olcott once again instills faith in people and human feelings.