![]() March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'. MARCH takes you on a fulfilling and engaging journey' - Sunday Telegraph Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's 'Year of Wonders', imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. ![]() 'A moving and inspirational tour de force' - Los Angeles Times Book Review 'Compelling. A love story set in a time of catastrophe, March 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. As he recovers from a near-fatal illness, March must reassemble and reconnect with his family, who have no idea of what he has endured. But the war tests his faith not only in the Union - which is also capable of barbarism and racism - but in himself. ![]() An idealistic abolitionist, March has gone as chaplain to serve the Union cause. Acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN - and conjures a world of brutality, stubborn courage and transcendent love. ![]() ![]() From the author of the acclaimed YEAR OF WONDERS, an historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe, on the front lines of the American Civil War. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize For Fiction. ![]()
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