- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Viking Books; First Edition edition (3 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0670033359
- ISBN-13: 978-0670033355
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,682,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for A Year of Wonders: 'AYear 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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'Brooks’s considerable historical research for March is pleasingly lightly worn...make[s] clever use of Little Women without suffocating beneath it.'
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it,
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This review is from: March: A Love Story in a Time of War (Paperback)
It has been years since I read Little Women, but more recently I have visited Louisa May's home town of Concord. I picked this novel with scepticism as "sequels" or spinoffs rarely live up to the original piece.
I was totally absorbed by the book. Frequently I found myself unable to decide whether this was fiction or fact. The writing is excellent, the characters well drawn, and the novel written in first person (mostly from the view of March, occasionally with the voice of Marmee) which made it all the more immediate. I will be recommending this novel all over the place and buying more of Brooke's work. As the review says, this is the tale of the father of the Little Women, and flicks between his present position as chaplain in the American Civil War and his past when he first visited the southern states as a pedlar in his youth. He is a staunch abolitionist with fixed views, but the book challenges these views in terms of his idealism versus practicalities of the age, and also explores where personal courage lies. But over and above these lofty ideals, this book is vividly written and a wonderful reading experience - which is what great fiction should be. A novel worthy of being placed alongside Little Women. ps. Please don't be put off by the 'recommended by Richard and Judy' epithet!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: March: A Love Story in a Time of War (Paperback)
What a great story! 'March' is really well-written and researched and fills a neat gap in US Civil War literature.
'March' is the story of the girls' father in Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'. In 'Little Women' the girls' father is absent throughout the novel as he is away at war, and Geraldine Brooks has picked up on this thread and woven a wonderfully inspirational novel around the story of Mr. March. Through it she tests out the theme of the morality of war which works ok with the causes of the US Civil War, and re-integration into a normal existence after war - another sensitive subject. March is an abolitionist and goes to serve for the Union cause as an army chaplain. He joins up in a moment of town fervour, only to find that he cannot join with his fellow townspeople and is left to find his way amongst strangers from another regiment. The writing - predominantly from March's point of view - varies between letters home to Marmee and recollections of earlier times, and stories he wouldn't consider writing about to Marmee and the girls. It's very sympathetically written and you can't help but be affected by March's journey through the landscape of war. The book doesn't impinge on 'Little Women' until right at the very end when March returns home, so there's no overlap with the all-time classic by Louisa May Alcott, and it complements 'Little Women' really well. Can't recommend it enough!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A must read!!,
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This review is from: March: A Love Story in a Time of War (Paperback)
I found this book by accident in a local supermarket and bought the book solely off seeing the front cover! I was unhappy at first to discover that it linked to one of my personal favourites - the classic 'Little Women' as spin offs tend to be money making let downs, in my opinion.
However this was different, the link was underplayed and sensitive to what may have truly happened and the subject of the American Civil War combined with the personal battles of Mr.March between his conscience and his greed were excellent. I very much enjoyed the read and this book has been given a place on my bookcase - a place I reserve solely for the books I feel could be future classics!
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