March
by Geraldine Brooks | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0143036661 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0143036661 Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by millycat from Northampton, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on Monday, September 7, 2009
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Journal Entry 2 by millycat at By Mail, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (1/15/2010 UTC) at By Mail, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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An interesting book, but not always a comfortable read! hope you enjoy it.
An interesting book, but not always a comfortable read! hope you enjoy it.
Arrived safely from England. Thank you ever so much, millycat!
This is a novel about the absent father in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, but contrary to Little Women, which was a sweet and innocent tale, March is quite an unsettling story. The Civil War battle scenes are described very vividly, there is much violence against the (former) slaves and March is faced with quite a few dilemmas forcing him to take heartbreaking decisions. At first, I had trouble getting into the story. To me, March came across as some kind of loser. I didnot understand why he left his home and family in the first place. He was already 40 years old, so not much use on the battlefield and he wasnot much of a preacher either. It is pure idealism that makes him tick, but as the story progresses he gets more and more confused as to what is wrong and what is right. About half way through the book the story gained momentum and I couldnot put it down again until the very end when March is sort of forced to go back home again a much changed man. Both March and Marmee (his wife) are people of flesh and blood with all their doubts and faults laid bare which makes you wonder what you would have done in the same situation. All in all it was a good read. I do think that the storyline about the relationship between March and Grace Clement was a bit implausible, though.