After Little Women s immediate commercial and critical success readers demanded to know more about Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. In Good Wives , Louisa May Alcott follows the dinamic life of the beloved March sisters and their further character development. The novel together with its sequels Little Men , and Jo s Boys , has been one of the most widely read in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson with six Academy Award nominations.Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet.Having grown up in poverty, May Alcott was a passionate advocate for women s rights and abolitionist. She is best known as the author of the March Family Series: Little Women , Good Wives , Little Men and Jo s Boys .