![]() ![]() Unfortunately, as told by Brooks, March is a sanctimonious prig (I'm hoping this is intentional and that he'll stop being so insufferable by the end). The story is told in first person and alternates between his war experiences and his memories of his earlier life. March, (Geraldine Brooks doesn't give his first name) in 1861 and '62 as he acts as a chaplain for the Union army and later as a teacher to emancipated slaves. It follows the father of the Little Women, Mr. March is based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. How did this win the Pulitzer Prize? Not only is the prose bad (sometimes fairly laughable), but there's not one original or interesting idea in the entire novel. She then lent it to me and now I've got to finish it before I return it to her. I wanted to read this book, and I stupidly mentioned this fact to my co-worker. ![]()
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