March by Geraldine Brooks
Title: March
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Genre: Historical Fiction
# of pages: 304 pages
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End date:
Borrowed/bought: bought
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B+
Description of the book: This book follows the story of Mr. March of the famous March family of Little Women by L. M. Alcott. Mr. March enrolls to be a Chaplain in the Union Army. The story is told from his point of view with bits of epistolary style and then the last part of the book during his illness ( mentioned in Little Women) is told from the viewpoint of his wife.
Review: While definitely not a children's book in the same sense that Little Women was- I think Alcott would have been pleased with this story were she still here. I felt like the story definitely did add a lot of depth to not only Mr. March but to Marmee as well. There were a lot of issues discussed in the novel that had never had occurred to me but definitely fit in with the characterization of the March family such as them being a safe house for the underground railroad. Brooks definitely did do her research with Alcott's background and Mr. March finally has his own voice.
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Genre: Historical Fiction
# of pages: 304 pages
Start date:
End date:
Borrowed/bought: bought
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B+
Description of the book: This book follows the story of Mr. March of the famous March family of Little Women by L. M. Alcott. Mr. March enrolls to be a Chaplain in the Union Army. The story is told from his point of view with bits of epistolary style and then the last part of the book during his illness ( mentioned in Little Women) is told from the viewpoint of his wife.
Review: While definitely not a children's book in the same sense that Little Women was- I think Alcott would have been pleased with this story were she still here. I felt like the story definitely did add a lot of depth to not only Mr. March but to Marmee as well. There were a lot of issues discussed in the novel that had never had occurred to me but definitely fit in with the characterization of the March family such as them being a safe house for the underground railroad. Brooks definitely did do her research with Alcott's background and Mr. March finally has his own voice.