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Brooks tests moral certainty against the violence and compromises of history.
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Geraldine Brooks2006 selection · Literary fiction
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The absent father from Little Women becomes the center of a Civil War story told through letters and memory. His abolitionist ideals collide with slavery, battle, illness, and family costs.
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You enjoy historical fiction that reimagines a classic from its margins.
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