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March
by: Geraldine Brooks

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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: 1047
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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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Not At All Like Little Women
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 and also that most Afican Americans were treated worse after emancipation than before. Plantation owners had taken much better care of them when they were property than when they became low priced, replaceable labor.

In all I found the pace to be brisk and the emotional conflicts inside Mr. March to be compelling. He was annoying in some of his silly choices as many of us are.

In many ways, ... Read More

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- Richly Layered
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 her vivid imagination. How many books of non-fiction and fiction can there be about the Civil War? "March" would suggest that there are few limits, particularly if the vein being mined is this rich. Mr. March's journey through the battlegrounds is the journey of an idealist running smack into reality--and paying the price. At his core, Mr. March firmly believes in the power of knowledge and learning, yet encounters slaves ... Read More

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- Beautifully written book.....not so great ending.
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 takes characters and storylines from one story (in this case, Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"), and uses them to create an entirely new universe of the author's making.

Like most people who have read it, I love "Little Women." Unfortunately, it is somewhat hampered by 19th century conventions regarding what is and is not proper to write about. Written more than a century and a half later, "March" does ... Read More

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- I Loved Meeting Mr. March And Hearing His Story
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 salesman, of his first kiss with someone other than his future wife, of the meeting of his wife, of his connections to Emerson and Thoreau, of his strong abolitionist sentiments, of the war that changed him both physically and mentally, and of misunderstandings and wrongs that were never made right in his life. Brooks draws heavily from the journals of Alcott's own father, Bronson Alcott, in order to flesh out the ... Read More

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