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Loading... So many beginnings : a Little Women remix (edition 2021)by Bethany C. Morrow, Louisa May Alcott
Work InformationSo Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  tornadox | Feb 14, 2023 |  Meg, Joanna, Bethlehem, and Amethyst are four Black young women living in the freedmen's colony on Roanoke Island during the Civil War. While their father is away, they draw close to their mother and each other for support as they start their new, emancipated life together. This book was a mixed bag for me. Some of it was definitely the reader's fault - or, at least, my preferences for what I would have liked to see in a [Little Women] retelling. I could appreciate some of the changes she made, such as Jo's writing being impassioned articles regarding their experiences in the colony and the nature of Beth's illness. Others simply confused me - why does Amy  ) bell7 | Feb 5, 2023 | From Amazon description: Four young Black sisters come of age during the American Civil War in So Many Beginnings, a warm and powerful YA remix of the classic novel Little Women, by national bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow. North Carolina, 1863. As the American Civil War rages on, the Freedpeople's Colony of Roanoke Island is blossoming, a haven for the recently emancipated. Black people have begun building a community of their own, a refuge from the shadow of the "old life." It is where the March family has finally been able to safely put down roots with four young daughters: Meg, a teacher who longs to find love and start a family of her own. Jo, a writer whose words are too powerful to be contained. Beth, a talented seamstress searching for a higher purpose. Amy, a dancer eager to explore life outside her family's home. As the four March sisters come into their own as independent young women, they will face first love, health struggles, heartbreak, and new horizons. But they will face it all together. CDJLibrary | Feb 1, 2023 | I didn't expect to like this book. First, once around the bend with Little Women was enough for me. Second, I don’t like retellings. Third, I am generally not enthralled with YA, with notable exceptions. Now that I have finished the book, I thoroughly appreciate why the author chose to do a remix of a popular work…the better to invite a diverse audience to an untold history. Readers like me need to have this history in our knowledgebase. I was not familiar with the Freedmen’s colonies of the 1860s. I appreciated that the author thoroughly researched and told the history of these communities. In so doing, she gave us a strong sense of the place and the people. In addition, through her characters, she was able to expand her story to other relocations that were prevalent during this period. I recommend this to anyone who endeavors to learn more about life opportunities or lack thereof for freed people. (  ) beebeereads | May 29, 2022 | So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow reimagines the March sisters as a newly-freed Black family living in the Freedpeople’s Colony on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. The March sisters remain the familiar, beloved characters with those same sisterly relationships we all loved in the original. Their life and their home are very different, though. There’s a lot to discover about life on the Freedpeople’s Colony on Roanoke Island. This isn’t something I’d heard about before, but it was a real place in the Outer Banks, where formerly-enslaved families began to set up a town and create a life. In the historical Freedman’s Colony, many of the men joined the army, so it also worked for the March family in the book, because it explained their father’s long absences. The hardworking hopefulness of the March women works well here, too, although they’re all doing different tasks with different goals. There’s definitely no rich aunt in the wings here, and the March family is constantly aware that they’re unusually fortunate in having their nuclear family intact and safe. Full review (contains mild spoilers if you have never heard of the March sisters!) TheFictionAddiction | May 8, 2022 | no reviews | add a review
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Four young Black sisters come of age during the American Civil War in So Many Beginnings, a warm and powerful YA remix of the classic novel Little Women, by national bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow.North Carolina, 1863. As the American Civil War rages on, the Freedpeople's Colony of Roanoke Island is blossoming, a haven for the recently emancipated. Black people have begun building a community of their own, a refuge from the shadow of the "old life." It is where the March family has finally been able to safely put down roots with four young daughters:Meg, a teacher who longs to find love and start a family of her own.Jo, a writer whose words are too powerful to be contained.Beth, a talented seamstress searching for a higher purpose.Amy, a dancer eager to explore life outside her family's home.As the four March sisters come into their own as independent young women, they will face first love, health struggles, heartbreak, and new horizons. But they will face it all together.Praise for So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix"Morrow's ability to take the lingering stain of slavery on American history and use it as a catalyst for unbreakable love and resilience is flawless. That she has remixed a canonical text to do so only further illuminates the need to critically question who holds the pen in telling our nation's story." --Booklist, starred review"Bethany C. Morrow's prose is a sharpened blade in a practiced hand, cutting to the core of our nation's history. ... A devastatingly precise reimagining and a joyful celebration of sisterhood. A narrative about four young women who unreservedly deserve the world, and a balm for wounds to Black lives and liberty." --Tracy Deonn, New York Times-bestselling author of Legendborn"A tender and beautiful retelling that will make you fall in love with the foursome all over again." --Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times-bestselling author of White Smoke and Grown No library descriptions found. |
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The March sisters, of course, are at the forefront. Each of them navigate their new world in their own way. Although they have different life goals, they love and support each other immensely. (They must also deal some well-intentioned white Northeners.) It also depicts them choosing how to cope with some of the emotional traumas experienced by newly unenslaved in a nuanced (and accessible) way.
I cried a lot. (