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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780143036661
ISBN: 0143036661
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: January 31, 2006
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 1819
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With "pitch-perfect writing" (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time, March secures Geraldine Brooks’s place as a renowned author of historical fiction.
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I very much enjoyed "March". It tells the story of a man who probably has more moral conviction than actual courage. This is very reflective of many people.
WARNING: If you are looking for a sequel to Little Women, look elsewhere. This is grittier, raunchier and is linked only by a few characters and nothing else.
It does a good job at capturing some of the basics of the Civil War especially the illustration that most Union soldiers didn't give a damn about ending slavery ... Read More
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Here's my advice about reading "March." Skip to the Afterward and read it first. It's just a suggestion, particularly for those not familiar with "Little Women" and its place within the Civil War. I think you'll admire the research and sheer work that went into developing the concept of "March" and, as a result, more appreciative of the arc of the story and the punch it packs. Geraldine Brooks' idea for this book, frankly, is genius and it allows for the combination of solid research about the war and ... Read More
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I won't go into details about the plot; amazon has already done a pretty decent job at that. What I do want to do is address some of the other reviewers' comments and also talk a little bit about why I gave this book 4 stars and not 5.
First: This book is NOT a sequel to "Little Women." Anyone who complains that "as a sequel to 'Little Women' this book sucks" is, I'm afraid, an idiot who neither owns, nor has access to, a dictionary. "March" is what you would call a revisionist text -- it ... Read More
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This is one of the most Pulizer-worthy novels I've read in a long while. The novel tells the previously untold story of the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (Signet Classics). In Little Women, the reader only gets to know Peter March through his letters sent home to his family from the Civil War. Of course, in the interest of sparing his family the details of war, his letters are more cheerful than his reality. Geraldine Brooks uses the novel March to tell of Mr. March's early life as a traveling ... Read More
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This book can be appreciated on two levels. First, it is an enthralling novel of the Civil War filled with well-researched details about the people and not the battles.
Second, and the reason I bought it, is that it is the adventures of Mr. March, the rather vague and saintly father from Little Women. Little Women was one of the very first books I had ever read and I fell in love with the March family. Reading MARCH was like discovering things about your parents' pasts that both shocked you ... Read More
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