"What was the single most memorable character from a 2012 book? Honestly, Louisa May Alcott’s mother, Abigail, who is one of the subjects of Eve LaPlante’s dual biography called Marmee & Louisa, is someone I knew nothing about and whose activist life and tart, intelligent writing just blew me away."
To read more about Corrigan's Top Ten Books in SALON:
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/23/what_to_read_awards_maureen_corrigan/