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Title: So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix
Author: Bethany C. Morrow
Publication: St Martin's Press (2021), 304 pages

Started: 2025-06-26 – Finished: 2025-07-02

This is a fascinating idea and absolutely delightfully executed. Little Women, but with the March family as recently freed African-Americans. It changes EVERYTHING about the book, of course, but the threads are still there to link the two. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy and their love interests against a background of a place and perspective in history I was completely unaware of before now.

I found the tone both true to the time and easy to access, and the romantic storylines, in particular, much more satisfying than in the original Little Women. I was especially delighted by Beth, though also, of course, especially heartbroken, though the story as a whole is very light on gory details of atrocities; the emotional details are all there.

Five stars and I'll read any sequels.

Digest: Ginger and turmeric with fig THIS was a tiny bit gingery and quite pleasant. Slightly Christmassy without being cinnamon.

Cleanse: Matcha with green tea, lemon and fennel
This was reminiscent of perfume, possibly the kind in cleaning products.

Chamomile vanilla and cinnamon: smells amazing. Tastes ok.

I'm not expecting to read most of these in December but I like the idea of having a list.

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