I just returned from our book club meeting and once again we had a small showing, just three of us. Small or not, though, we had some good conversation and company. Thanks to our host/hostess once again for making their home so welcoming.
We missed our other faithful members and hope to see you next time. Meanwhile, have fun reading March by Geraldine Brooks!
[Back cover summary]
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the Civil War, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, Mr. March, who has gone off to war, leaving his wife and daughters to make do in mean times. From vibrant New England to the sensuous antebellem South, March adds adult resonance to Alcott’s optimistic children’s novel. A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time, March secures Geraldine Brooks’s place as a renowned author of historical fiction.
Brooks is also the author of Year of Wonders–historical fiction about the London plague of 1666.
