A review by rae607
March by Geraldine Brooks

4.0

"March" takes the perspective of the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." It's an interesting exercise to consider what Jo doesn't know about her parents, and especially about her father's service in the Civil War. My favorite idea: That Mr. March spent part of the war teaching former slaves to read and write. Least favorite: That "Marmee" was Mrs. March's nickname all her life (vs. a term of endearment bestowed by her daughters). Most far-fetched: That the Marches were a stop on the Underground Railroad.