A powerful story of emancipation and transition

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So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow is a remix of Little Women with a Black March family, who has settled in the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island after their recent emancipation from slavery. This book can be read and enjoyed on its own without previously having read Little Women.
The time and place of So Many Beginnings make this story very interesting. We see the perspective of a Black family as they transition from slavery to freedom, but still face prejudice and racism which affect their healthcare, living circumstances, education, wages and social status.
The March girls have distinct personalities, strengths, interests and goals, yet are united by a strong bond of love and sisterhood. I appreciated how Morrow hinted that one of the sisters was asexual and portrayed another's chronic illness, which presumably Sickle Cell Anemia. I enjoyed these engaging, strong characters as they navigated momentous changes in society, personal relationships, and the transition to adulthood to find their place in the world.
So Many Beginnings is well-written and meticulously researched and thus brings to light a setting and perspective in history about which we have not been taught. I appreciated the author's note in which she sounds the alarm about how racism and white supremacy have caused the teaching of propaganda rather than history, and how these biases influence the treatment of Black people today.