Anyone who loved Louisa May Alcott's Little Women will be intrigued by this book. While the March girls and their mother valiantly kept the home fires burning, their father was caught up in the Civil War. This is his story. It paints a much darker picture of the times seen through the eyes of a man trying to conquer his own fears and desires and doesn't flinch from describing the cruelties inflicted by both sides.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 34 April 2006 ) |
