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For the most part I really enjoyed this but I had my qualms (of course I did, it's Brooks and I always do...). My biggest issues were with how she wrote Marmee, and then in the afterword I read this-
"As with so many things in my life, this book owes its being to my mother, Gloria Brooks. I was about 10 years old when I read Little Women for the first time, at her suggestion. Though she recommended the book, she also counseled that I take it with a grain of salt. 'Nobody in real life is such a go ...more
"As with so many things in my life, this book owes its being to my mother, Gloria Brooks. I was about 10 years old when I read Little Women for the first time, at her suggestion. Though she recommended the book, she also counseled that I take it with a grain of salt. 'Nobody in real life is such a go ...more
Oct 16, 2015
Fran Lewis
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It would be interesting to read this along side Little Women to see the parallel storylines.
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