A review by crizzle
March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, Carmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, Jenny Zhang
4.0
The last essay on Amy was worth it all! What a great analysis of her character development from girl to woman! My mind is fully changed on Amy. I will now know her as the most misunderstood sister. Her good turns in life aren’t just luck and she isn’t selfish; she’s a hard worker with her goals ever in her mind. Last sentence of the book sums it up: “Amy is the modern woman, the thoughtful feminist; the sister who stays true to herself, learns to navigate her social world, gains a wisdom and self-knowledge different from that of her sisters, and is more like what we aim to be today.”
The essay on Beth was my least favorite. I did find the first on Meg interesting with the “frock consciousness” stuff by Virginia Woolf (what we wear expresses who we think we are or wish to be, while also affecting what others think about us, “a curious feedback loop of self-perception”).
A must-read for any Little Women reader, but I think even better is “Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why it Still Matters”.
The essay on Beth was my least favorite. I did find the first on Meg interesting with the “frock consciousness” stuff by Virginia Woolf (what we wear expresses who we think we are or wish to be, while also affecting what others think about us, “a curious feedback loop of self-perception”).
A must-read for any Little Women reader, but I think even better is “Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why it Still Matters”.