March: Pulitzer Prize Winner (A Novel)

March: Pulitzer Prize Winner (A Novel)

by Geraldine Brooks

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4.4 stars from 8,694 reviews. One of the highest rated Historical Fiction books we track.

304 pages~5.1 hr readPublished by Penguin BooksPublished 2005-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

  • You love historical fiction that interrogates real people and their contradictions, not just celebrates them.
  • You're drawn to stories about how war changes the people who fight it, especially the emotional and moral toll.
  • You appreciate literary prose that feels layered and earned, with the kind of detail that brings a whole era alive.

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  • You want a straightforward narrative or a tight plot that moves at pace; this book lingers on interior lives and reflection.
  • You're looking for an uplifting redemption arc; March's journey involves painful reckoning and doubt.
  • You prefer stories centred on female characters; this is squarely about one man's unravelling.

About this book

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this novel reimagines the character of March, the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Geraldine Brooks develops March's story as he leaves his family to support the Union cause during the Civil War. March's experiences in the war fundamentally alter his marriage and force him to reconsider his deeply held beliefs. The narrative explores the impact of war on his mind and heart, examining themes of love, marriage, and personal transformation. Brooks constructs a historically detailed story that draws on the period's specifics to create an original tale centered on this previously peripheral character.

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