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March - Softcover

Geraldine Brooks

 
9780732278427: March

Synopsis

Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's acclaimed 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 ...

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Review

Praise for March:

'”March” is that rare species: a serious popular novel that is not afraid to grapple with big ideas.' Douglas Kennedy, Waterstones Books Quarterly

'Brooks's considerable historical research for “March” is pleasingly lightly worn...make[s] clever use of Little Women without suffocating beneath it.' Sophie Harrison, Sunday Times

Praise for A Year of Wonders:

'A Year of Wonders is a staggering fictional debut that matches journalistic accumulation of detail to natural narrative flair.' Guardian

‘A lyrically written and emotionally engaging novel.' Independent

'The plot is gripping, I like the psychological subtlety of characters struggling with a shifting world, and it’s packed with historical detail.' Daily Mail

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