. . "Some of the recollections recount stories from Alcott's childhood, stories attributed to the character Jo Marsh in ''Little Women, but several illustrate events in Alcott's life that did not make it into her books, including the death of her sister May and her adoption of May's daughter, Lulu; Alcott's unorthodox education; and her experience at Fruitlands, a short-lived, Utopian community founde" . .