Children’s Stories Reveal the Place of Home in Our Lives

Other stories echo this creating of a home from few materials but with great love and faith.

(L–R) Emma Watson, Saorise Ronan, and Florence Pugh in “Little Women.” Columbia Pictures

I wonder if you have ever thought about the homes portrayed in children’s stories? This thought came to me while watching the recently released film version of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.”

Amid the warm and rich evocation of the Marches, a family of young women finding themselves and their future paths against the backdrop of America’s civil war, there was another star of the film—the March home itself.