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    <body><![CDATA[It's not that I don't like any historical fiction, I just think that it's a really hard thing to do right, without simplifying everything. Nah, I really just hate historical fiction. And I think that March is a perfect example of historical fiction gone wrong. <br/><br/>1. I hate it in historical ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5234396">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I now know, having perused Geraldine Brooks' website, that March won the 2006 Pulitzer prize for fiction. I had not noticed that it had received such acclaim when I pulled it from the shelf at our modest library, but now, having finished the last page, I am not surprised it did. It is good. Brooks' ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4033976">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most Pulizer-worthy novels I've read in a long while. The novel tells the previously untold story of the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's <em>Little Women</em>. In <em>Little Women</em>, the reader only gets to know Peter March through his letters sent home to his family from the Civil War. Of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16166771">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Disappointing.  I think I am done with classics spin-offs.  The writing was fabulous, but I got fed up with inconsistencies in the characters and disappointments I felt about their portrayed actions.  Halfway through I thought about giving up and should have.  I hoped there would be redemption at th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4926774">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Review from Publishers Weekly<br/>Starred Review. Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's acclaimed Year of Wonders, imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. An idealistic Concord cleric, March becomes a Union chaplain and later fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9314931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted desperately to like this book! And I sort of did! &quot;Little Women&quot; is one of my wife's favs, and I'm a sucker for Civil War novels (all five billion of 'em). But this book, though elegantly written, struck me as too schmaltzy and too overly preachy to enjoy. It was also a wee bit pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39334739">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, to be honest  - I couldn't finish it!  I've completely lost faith in the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.  It's becoming like a Grammy award for pop music (see Mariah Carey and Celine Dion).  This book is pretentious and short-sighted from page one.  Come on, a vegetarian, Unitarian, abolitionist, tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21459867">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of Peter March, the absent father of Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth of Little Women. Clever, poignant, informative, inspiring, heartbreaking, interesting and historical, Brooks takes Louisa May Alcott's famous Little Women, and writes a parallel story about their father's experience during ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10955101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a book based on the Mr. March of Little Women.  I wish I had re-read Little Women before I read this.  I liked it, and it made me think of some civil war issues, but didn't love it.  <br/>When the book switched from being March's voice to Marmee's voice, I actually felt the voice was m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17015213">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We read this for our May book discussion, and I'm now passionately interested in Louisa May Alcott and her father.  The story of Mr. March's service in the war was engrossing, leaving questions about the price of war, the meaning of service and family, and truth.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I struggled with whether to give this book 3 or 4 stars. On the one hand, it was written by Geraldine Brooks and she's a great author. I like her style of writing and I love the honesty she puts in to every book. I felt like this book portrayed the Civil War era fairly realistically and boldly, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45882001">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As one might expect, this book is a lot more adult than <em>Little Women</em>. The jury's still out on how I feel about that. Part of me (childishly) loves that Marmee and Mr. March as depicted in <em>Little Women</em> are wonderful and basically flawless. That myth is entirely dispelled in March. Honestly I know it'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11246448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I finished this book, I was satisfied with the story but impatient with the character of March, who seems to caught up in his own weakness and cause.  A navel gazer to the nth degree who, even after his wartime experiences, never has a clue to the feelings or hopes of others and remains buried ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11156699">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so excited to read this, since I love Little Women so much!  I was thrilled to think of the possibilities that are gained from seeing the stories through the eyes of Mr. March, their father.  <br/><br/>However, I was sorely disappointed.  The story was not written in the same spirit or style...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9077861">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story gave a really interesting portrayal of a part of the Civil War we don't hear a lot about.  The author takes liberties with the character of Mr. March whom she compares to Louis May Alcott's own father.  It was a quick read and was really interesting but I'm still trying to figure out if I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49453275">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing detail from the Civil War period.  Historical fiction in its best form.  Because of its connections to Little Women, I've decided that it too is a must-read!<br/><br/><br/>I have now finished March (whew!  Just in time for our gathering Monday!).  I really like the inclusion of Marmee's p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41557568">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Up until part two, I probably would have only given this two stars. For me, it got interesting when Marmee found out about the affair and confronted Grace. Prior to that, however, I had a hard time getting into it. There was something about Mr. March that rubbed me the wrong way, and I had a hard ti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34260730">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved Little Women as a kid, accepting it at face value. It was every little girl's dream family, an absolutely flawless mother and sisters who were too good to be real. <br/><br/>So it was fascinating to read Geraldine Brook's novel about their father's experience during the Civil War. She actu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36568674">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a must read for anyone that is a fan of Little Women.  It is a startling portrayal of the Mr. March - who, if you recall, went off to the Civil War.  The passages describing the horrors of slavery and war will stay with you for such a long time.  Brooks intertwines the great thinkers of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39804519">more...</a>]]></body>
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