With their father away at war and little money to spare, the March sisters often can't help but escape into their imaginations. Meg dreams of romance, Jo wants to be a writer, Beth wishes for a piano and Amy longs to be a refined lady. The girls are facing the first great loves and losses of their lives. But while their hopes and challenges are all very different, their source of comfort is the same: the knowledge that their own burdens will not seem half so great if they help others with theirs.
