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Read in 2007
Little Women tells a story of family whose husband and father is absent for a year, serving in the Civil War. This books fills in the blanks of that absent man.
This read started slow for me. I really was not feeling much of an attachment to the protagonist, Mr. March. However, as the story went on he became more vulnerable, thus more likable. As he is away from "his little women" he writes home often. In those letters he expresses how he misses them all, tells of his travels. What he leaves out ...more
I just loved this book. Brooks writes so amazingly well and I was fully absorbed into the world of which she wrote. The characters were so well developed and the story paces well. The story has moments of sadness and horror yet within such a beautifully moving story. I feel like Brooks really captured the feel of what it must have been like during the Civil War. I loved it and highly recommend it. I'm thinking of reading Little Women now.
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Jun 26, 2009
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A very fine novel that tells the reader about Mr March, the father of Alcott's "Little Women," and how his service in the Civil War changes him and affects his family. (Pulitzer Prize for fiction)
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Jul 03, 2020
Samantha
marked it as to-read
