Sunflower Sisters

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó Martha Hall KellyΓÇÖs million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now,in Sunflower SistersKelly tells the story of FerridayΓÇÖs ancestor Georgeanna Woolseya Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemmaa young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the armyand Anne-May Wilsona Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists. ΓÇ£An exquisite tapestry of women determined to defy the molds the world has for them.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöLisa Wingate#1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Georgeanna ΓÇ£GeorgeyΓÇ¥ Woolsey isnΓÇÖt meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. So when war ignites the nationGeorgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. In proving them wrongshe and her sister Eliza venture from New York to WashingtonD.C.to Gettysburg and witness the unparalleled horrors of slavery as they become involved in the war effort. In the SouthJemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation in Marylandwhere she lives with her mother and father. Her sisterPatienceis enslaved on the plantation next doorand both live in fear of LeBaronan abusive overseer who tracks their every move. When Jemma is sold by the cruel plantation mistress Anne-May at the same time the Union army comes throughshe sees a chance to finally escapeΓÇöbut only by abandoning the family she loves. Anne-May is left behind to run Peeler Plantation when her husband joins the Union army and her cherished brother enlists with the Confederates. In charge of the householdshe uses the opportunity to follow her own ambitions and is drawn into a secret Southern network of spiesfinally exposing herself to the fate she deserves. Inspired by true accountsSunflower Sisters provides a vividdetailed look at the Civil War experiencefrom the barbaric and inhumane plantationsto a war-torn New York Cityto the horrors of the battlefield. ItΓÇÖs a sweeping story of women caught in a country on the brink of collapsein a society grappling with nationalism and unthinkable racial crueltya story still so relevant today.