March

The premise is an interesting one - Little Women from the eyes of their father, a chaplain in Union army during the Civil War. But so, so preachy. And often plodding. Had there not been the 'Little Women' connection (one of my favorites as a girl), I'd have been tempted to give it one star instead of two. The narrator also sounded like he was about 100 years old, far older than the actual character, and did no justice to female or slave voices. It was a tough ride, but I made it to the end. Not sure I'd recommend the trip to anyone else!

I've read _Little Women_ many times in my life but never did figure out what war Mr. March went off to fight in UNTIL this book! It didn't really have a lot to do with Alcott's book, other than the 2-3 time checkpoints that the author mentions in the Afterword. Well, despite the tedious review below, I LOVED this book. I loved the humor of it, I loved listening to Mr. March speak about the practice of slavery that he was seeing first-hand, and I loved listening to Mrs. March fret and worry as she worked through the devastation of learning that her husband had had a years-long affair---whether or not consummated---with a black slave. The story held my attention the whole way through, and when it was done, I listened to it a second time. I LOVED it!