March

Editorial Review:

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.
"A very great book... It breathes new life into the historical fiction genre [and] honors the best of the imagination." --Chicago Tribune
"A beautifully wrought story about how war dashes ideals, unhinges moral certainties and drives a wedge of bitter experience and unspeakable memories between husband and wife." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Inspired... A disturbing, supple, and deeply satisfying story, put together with craft and care and imagery worthy of a poet." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Louisa May Alcott would be well pleased." --The Economist

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

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... more info

LIttle Women Grows Up:

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 and... more info

What War Does to Families:

Brooks' revision of the beloved classic tale of the March family fills in the gaps that Alcott could not provide: the devastating effects of war on both the soldier and the family members waiting at home. I disagree with other reviewers that the book spoils the beauty of the close-knit March family we know from the original tale. Instead, I believe both narratives can exist side by side. Brooks has written a hauntingly beautiful book that you will think about for a long time.

Moving, Thought, Provoking, Insightful:

I previously read Geraldine Brook's 'People of the Book' and 'Year of Wonders'. 'Year of Wonders' is one of my all time favorite books. I really enjoyed this story as well.
Brooks has created a moving account of Mr. March's experience during the Civil War. Mr. March is the father in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
This was our book club's book choice for September. I had every intention of reading Little Women before I started reading March. I never read Little Women and I thought I should have... more info

Similar Products:

People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks (Hardcover)

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (Hardcover)

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (Audio CD)

Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

• Children's Books
• General
• General AAS
• Haggadah
• Hasidism
• History of Religion
• Holidays

• Jewish Life
• Kosher Foods
• Law
• Movements
• Music
• Mysticism

• Philosophy
• Prayerbooks
• Sacred Writings
• Sermons
• Theology
• Women and Judaism

Site © 2005-2008 Atarim, LLC. Hosting by The Hosting Team.