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March (2005) is a novel by Geraldine Brooks. It is a novel that retells Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women from the point of view of Alcott's protagonists' absent father. Brooks has inserted the novel into the classic tale, revealing the events surrounding March's absence during the American Civil War in 1862.
A native of Sydney, Geraldine Brooks grew up in its inner-west suburb of Ashfield.Her father, Lawrie Brooks, was an American big-band singer who was stranded in Adelaide on a tour of Australia when his manager absconded with the band's pay; he decided to remain in Australia, and became a newspaper sub-editor.
Geraldine Brooks and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2010 Followed by: The Best American Short Stories 2012
Author Geraldine Brooks is the featured speaker at this year's Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County Love of Literacy Luncheon on April 11 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West ...
Geraldine Brooks wrote an article for The New Yorker that provides more details about the Sarajevo Haggadah and its real-life rescuers, especially Dervis Korkut, who hid it from the Nazis. It also explains that Lola, the young Jewish guerrilla fighter in the novel, is based on a real person named Mira Papo, who was sheltered by Dervis Korkut ...
These days, millions of older Americans collect a benefit from Social Security each month. And for many retirees, that benefit is the only income they have to live on.
approximately eleven weeks between January and March 1988 in 42 locations in five southern African countries: Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Tanzania. Roughly 25 sanctuary sites for refugees and displaced persons (10 sites in six of ten provinces in Mozambique; 15 in the neighboring countries) were visited.
Horoscopes from March 2 to March 8: What to expect for your sign this week. Lighter Side. INSIDER. I live in Paris and regularly take day trips to other European cities. Here are 4 mis…