{"id":4277,"date":"2016-10-27T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2016-10-27T17:51:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:51:24","slug":"march-by-geraldine-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4277","title":{"rendered":"March by Geraldine Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4279\" style=\"width: 131px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1235775\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4279\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/March-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"march\" width=\"131\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/March-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/March.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Geraldine Brooks masterfully weaves a tale of life away from home for Mr. March after he leaves his &#8220;Little Women&#8221; to fend for themselves.\u00a0 As the local young men are gathered together before leaving to join the fight to save the Union, Mr. March is asked to say a few words. As he speaks, he repeatedly uses the word &#8220;we.&#8221;\u00a0 Looking up, he catches Marmee&#8217;s eye, and they both realize that he will be joining the boys.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of the book, Mr. March returns to an area that he used to tour while selling goods door to door.\u00a0 He serves as chaplain and then, after an indiscretion, he is reassigned to Oak Landing, an area where liberated slaves are supposed to be protected and offered wages as they toil to bring in the cotton crop.<\/p>\n<p>This is an intriguing story that brings the reader fact to face with war, slavery, incest, and adultery.\u00a0 What does Mr. March carry with him to remind him of his Little Women, who wait at home?\u00a0 When he returns home, battered and ill, will Marmee still feel the same about him?\u00a0 Will his LIttle Women?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geraldine Brooks masterfully weaves a tale of life away from home for Mr. March after he leaves his &#8220;Little Women&#8221; to fend for themselves.\u00a0 As the local young men are gathered together before leaving to join the fight to save the Union, Mr. March is asked to say a few words. As he speaks, he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4277\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">March by Geraldine Brooks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-marianne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}