"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. Praise for So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix Jo, a writer whose words are too powerful to be contained.īeth, a talented seamstress searching for a higher purpose.Īmy, a dancer eager to explore life outside her family's home.Īs the four March sisters come into their own as independent young women, they will face first love, health struggles, heartbreak, and new horizons. Meg, a teacher who longs to find love and start a family of her own. 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: As the American Civil War rages on, the Freedpeople's Colony of Roanoke Island is blossoming, a haven for the recently emancipated.
This powerful Little Women remix follows four young Black sisters coming of age during the American Civil War, reframing a much-beloved tale outside of its original, exclusively lily-white perspective. In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon.
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