Pre-numbered label used for registration.

With "little women", the father figure is away for much of the story. This is Brooks' attempt to tell his story of his time away from the family during the American Civil Way.

I dont know Little Women well enough to know how well Brooks ties the story in, and whether March's (and Mamie's) characters stack up against the previous books. However, Matrch and the Civil War are the centre of the book, and Brooks pulls forward the problems of Slavery, the treatment of the slaves (and those wanting to free them) but the rebels and army who didnt want the status quo changing. It's the beatings, the cruelty, the killings etc - this makes the book sound more graphic than it is and whilst these are brought up, are not the centre of the story.

In summary: good book as a historical fiction book set during the American Civil War.

Picked up at the meet - I thought I had this book already, but it's gone awol somewhere ....

Bringing to to this afternoon's meet-up at UCC. If not caught by one of the attendees it will probably end up on the OBCZ shelf upstairs.

Thanks for picking up this book and coming to the BookCrossing website to find out what it's all about. Welcome to the addictive world of BookCrossing!

I look forward to hearing what you thought of this book, and of your plans for it.

Now available on the Official BookCrossing Zone bookshelf on the first floor of the Urban Coffee Company, Church Street, Birmingham.

This is no longer at the Urban Coffee Company, so marked as Travelling pending another journal entry.