Eve LaPlante, Author . Harper San Francisco $24.95 (312p) ISBN 978-0-06-056233-5
LaPlante, an 11th-generation granddaughter of Hutchinson, provides a fast-paced and elegant account of Hutchinson's life and work, including the reasons that Hutchinson's teachings threatened the fabric of Puritan theology. By the time she...
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Eve LaPlante, Author . HarperOne $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-078661-8
In 1692, Salem magistrate Samuel Sewall (1652–1730), along with several others, presided over the conviction and execution of 20 people accused of witchcraft. Five years and much soul-searching later, Sewall publicly repented of his part in...
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Eve LaPlante, Author HarperCollins Publishers $20 (254p) ISBN 978-0-06-016673-1
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most widespread form of epilepsy among adults, yet TLE seizures are not easily recognized, unlike the far better known convulsions of grand mal epilepsy. In this major study, freelance journalist LaPlante, who...
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Eve LaPlante. Free Press, $26 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4516-2066-5
In her compelling but ultimately disappointing dual biography of Louisa May Alcott and her mother, Abigail May Alcott, LaPlante (American Jezebel) admirably seeks to paint a fuller picture of Abigail and her role in Louisa’s life. Born into a...
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Eve LaPlante and Margy Burns Knight, illus. by Alix Delinois. Tilbury House, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-88448-951-1
Whose accomplishments are commemorated in a public place, for all to see? Of the 100 statutes that stand in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., contextualizing text notes, nine represent people of color and 12 represent women. After...
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