Black retelling to diversify the cannon and a smart historical take on Reconstruction

I highly recommend SO MANY BEGINNINGS to any readers who are interested in retellings of high literature and / or diversification of the literary classics. SO MANY BEGINNINGS is a Black retelling of LITTLE WOMEN that takes place during the American Civil War and the beginnings of Reconstruction of the South. the March sisters are Meg, Jo, Bethlehem (Beth), and Amethyst (Amy), and they were born enslaved, and then they became emancipated. themes of the book include race relations; the long emancipation; lingering white supremacy; limits of white charity; economic challenges despite emancipation. from start to finish, SO MANY BEGINNINGS is an amazing combination of a Black retelling to diversify the cannon and a smart historical take on the complexities of emancipation and Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.