Details
- ISBN 9780732278427 / 0732278422
- Title March
- Author Geraldine Brooks
- Category Historical Fiction
- Format Paperback
- Year 2006
- Pages 368
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Imprint HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Dimensions 126mm x 198mm x 23mm
Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's 'Year of Wonders', imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'. An idealistic abolitionist March has gone to serve the Union cause as chaplain to the troops. But the war tests his faith, not only in the Union.
Acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women - and conjures a world of brutality stubborn courage and transcendent love. An idealistic abolitionist March has gone as chaplain to serve the Union cause. But the war tests his faith not only in the Union - which is also capable of barbarism and racism - but in himself. As he recovers from a near-fatal illness March must reassemble and reconnect with his family who have no idea of what he has endured. A love story set in a time of catastrophe March explores the passions between a man and a woman the tenderness of parent and child and the life-changing power of an ardently held belief.
Prizes
Shortlisted for British Book Awards: Best Read of the Year 2006.
User Reviews
- 20 Sep
March Well known Australian author and journalist Geraldine Brooks tells the tale of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women through the eyes of Mr. March. While his wife Marmee and his daughters were depicted as saccharine sweet in Little Women, March tells of an ugly time in American history, the U.S civil war. It is gritty and realistic and sheds a completely different light on the March family and their politics. Enjoyable to read for both men and women with an attention to historical detail based on careful research.
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