5/20/2023 0 Comments Great or Nothing by Joy McCulloughPraise for Great or Nothing: "Poignant, clever, and heartfelt, this story pulls at the complicated tapestry that is family, and finds certain bonds are unbreakable."- Stacey Lee, NYT bestselling author of Reese's Book Club pick, The Downstairs Girl "Fans of Little Women-and of WWII narratives-will devour this inventive and touching exploration of possibilities for the world's most beloved siblings."-L.M. Woven together, these threads tell a story of finding one's way in a world undergoing catastrophic change. Each March sister's point of view is written by a separate author, three in prose and Beth's in verse, still holding the family together from beyond the grave. Theodore Laurence is stationed as an army pilot. Under the strain of their grief, Beth's remaining sisters' fracture, each going their own way, with Jo nursing her wounds and building planes in Connecticut, Meg holding down the home front with Marmee, and Amy living a secret life as a Red Cross volunteer in London-the same city where one Mr. While the US starts sending troops to the front, the March family of Concord, Massachusetts, grieves their own enormous loss- the death of daughter Beth. In the fall of 1942, the United States is still reeling from the at. A reimagining of Little Women set in 1942, when the United States is suddenly embroiled in the Second World War, this story, told from each March sister's point of view, is one of grief, love, and self-discovery.
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