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March by Geraldine Brooks
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ABOUT
THE BOOK |
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during the American Civil War, 'March' tells the story of John March, known to
us as the father away from his family of girls in 'Little Women', Louisa May Alcott's
classic American novel. In Brooks' telling, March emerges as an abolitionist and
idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself
and in the Union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism
and racism. As he recovers from a near-fatal illness in a Washington hospital,
he must reassemble the shards of his shattered mind and body, and find a way to
reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been
through. As Alcott drew on her real-life sisters in shaping the characters of her little women, so Brooks turned to the journals and letters of Bronson Alcott, Louisa May's father, an idealistic educator, animal rights exponent and abolitionist who was a friend and confidante of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The story spans the vibrant intellectual world of Concord and the sensuous antebellum South, through to the first year of the Civil War as the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats. Like her bestselling 'Year of Wonders', 'March' follows an unconventional love story. It 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. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the USA she worked for eleven years on the Wall Street Journal, covering stories from some of the world's most troubled areas, including Bosnia, Somalia and the Middle East. Her first novel, 'A Year of Wonders', was set during the English plague year of 1666, and became an international bestseller. She lives with her husband and son in rural Virginia and is currently a fellow at Harvard University. |
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