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March.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)
From: Kliatt
Date: 20050901
Author:Allison, Susan
MARCH. Geraldine Brooks. 2005. Read by Richard Easton. 9 cds. 10 hrs. Penguin Audio. 0-14280092-9. $39.95. Cardboard; plot, author, reader notes. SA*
In this fascinating spin-off from Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel Little Women, Brooks creates a new work dealing with the girls' absent father March, a fervent abolitionist, who joins the Union Army in his forties as a non-combatant, a clergyman. The story is told by March and his wife, Marmee. March's narrative reveals the horrors of battle, the rudimentary medical services available to soldiers at the front, the use and ...
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