In this era of carefully curated social media accounts, Photoshopped images, and heavily edited reality television, a view into real women beset by human frailty can be surprisingly refreshing. In The Other Alcott, I’ve tried to portray two talented but flawed women, both of whom pursued her dreams despite much adversity. For if only beautiful, brilliant, witty women can overcome the odds and make something of themselves, where does that leave the rest of us?