'A tender and beautiful retelling that will make you fall in love with the foursome all over again.' -Tiffany D.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.

A narrative about four young women who unreservedly deserve the world, and a balm for wounds to Black lives and liberty.' -Tracy Deonn, New York Times-bestselling author of Legendborn A devastatingly precise reimagining and a joyful celebration of sisterhood. Morrow's prose is a sharpened blade in a practiced hand, cutting to the core of our nation's history. That she has remixed a canonical text to do so only further illuminates the need to critically question who holds the pen in telling our nation’s story.' - Booklist, starred review '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 But they will face it all together.Ī Macmillan Young Listeners Production from Feiwel & Friends 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 program includes an author's note read by the author.įour young Black sisters come of age during the American Civil War in So Many Beginnings, a warm and powerful YA remix of the classic novel Little Women, by national bestselling author Bethany C.

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