Author: Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 (Keywords)

Paul Lamar, a leading man, is madly in love with his leading lady, Clotilde Varian; their happiness seems secure. But tonight, one of the audience members avidly watching their performance of a 'Spanish Play' will bring Clotilde's secret past crashing into her present and spark a chain of events ...

'Good Wives' carries on from 'Little Women' as the sisters, now young adults, find that life is not free of trouble and that a tragedy will change each of their lives in an unexpected way.

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have grown up together in Orchard House with their friend Laurie next door, and now it's time for them to go out and find their places in the big wide world, to do the great and marvellous things they've dreamed of and discover their 'castles in the air'. They each find them...