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So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
In this book, Morrow offers a new version of Little Women. The March sisters are freed slaves living in the Colony of Roanoke.
Opinion
I must confess to have never read the original Little Women. I honestly have no interest in it whatsoever. Re-writings though? Sign me up.
This book was a fabulous read. It gave insight into what it was like for a newly freed people in the 1860s. I truly had a love/hate relationship with reading this book. I loved the story but when I would read about what "new experience" the March sisters had, I was saddened. This story portrays an ugly part of our history as it is beginning to change.
After reading about Morrow's research, I certainly started thinking about the history that I had been taught. Very few people of color were represented and fewer still the amount of women. I can only hope that this book, and others like it, can help set a precedence that we need to seek the truth in our history.
For those looking for a good book to read, this is it. For those looking for something that will leave them wanting more intellectually, this book is also it. It is a solid book that will offer what you want, be it a good read or to be taught more about what happened than you learned in your history class.
Many thanks to Net Galley and to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for providing me with an ARC of this book. Many apologies for taking so long to have read it.
Opinion
I must confess to have never read the original Little Women. I honestly have no interest in it whatsoever. Re-writings though? Sign me up.
This book was a fabulous read. It gave insight into what it was like for a newly freed people in the 1860s. I truly had a love/hate relationship with reading this book. I loved the story but when I would read about what "new experience" the March sisters had, I was saddened. This story portrays an ugly part of our history as it is beginning to change.
After reading about Morrow's research, I certainly started thinking about the history that I had been taught. Very few people of color were represented and fewer still the amount of women. I can only hope that this book, and others like it, can help set a precedence that we need to seek the truth in our history.
For those looking for a good book to read, this is it. For those looking for something that will leave them wanting more intellectually, this book is also it. It is a solid book that will offer what you want, be it a good read or to be taught more about what happened than you learned in your history class.
Many thanks to Net Galley and to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for providing me with an ARC of this book. Many apologies for taking so long to have read it.