"A chunk of miraculous moss appears in Cody Brewer's lobster trap upending Cody's peaceful life as all his friends and neighbors vie for the use of its fantastic healing powers"--Container insert.

Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely. "[T]his is a film in love with its characters' passions, a rich and effortlessly...