“For to know a man’s library is, in some measure, to know his mind.” The events of the year and his personal failings along the way leave him broken and ashamed with little hope of recovery. March’s experiences during his year of service change his views from a glorified cause to the harsh reality that one person, do what they may, can never do enough to stop the tragic and inhumane treatment of an entire race of people.

This was a cause dear to the March family as they had used their home as a stopover on the underground railroad. March, the husband and father of the famous family, and his pursuit of self perfection that leads him to join the Union army as a chaplain and help contribute to the cause of freeing the slaves.

This story of March by Geraldine Brooks is about Mr. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2006, March by Geraldine Brooks is a remarkable work of fiction deserving of all the acclaim it receives.

As he recovers from a near-fatal illness, March must reassemble and reconnect with his family, who have no idea of what he has endured.Ī love story set in a time of catastrophe, March explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held belief. But the war tests his faith not only in the Union-which is also capable of barbarism and racism-but in himself. Theme: The Meaning of Bravery, brutal side of warįrom the author of the acclaimed Year of Wonders, a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe, on the front lines of the American Civil War.Īcclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women-and conjures a world of brutality, stubborn courage and transcendent love.Īn idealistic abolitionist, March has gone as chaplain to serve the Union cause.

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