Imagines the future author of "Little Women" experiencing an unexpected romance during the summer of 1855 in a small New Hampshire town, where she is forced to make a choice between love and her dream of independence as a writer.

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.