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Sunflower sisters : a novel / Martha Hall Kelly.

Kelly, Martha Hall, (author.).

Summary:

"Martha Hall Kelly's million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday's ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists." -- Amazon.
1859. When war ignites the nation, Georgeanne "Georgey" Woolsey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women a bother on the battlefront. She and her sister Eliza venture from New York to Gettysburg and witness the unparalleled horrors of slavery as they become involved in the war effort. In the South, Jemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation in Maryland; her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the plantation next door. Both live in fear of LeBaron, an abusive overseer who tracks their every move. When Jemma is sold at the same time the Union army comes through, she sees a chance to finally escape-- but only by abandoning the family she loves. -- adapted from jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781524796402
  • ISBN: 1524796409
  • Physical Description: 516 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Prequel to Lilac Girls and Lost Roses, according to author's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Enslaved women > Fiction.
Nurses > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Slaveholders > Fiction.
Plantations > Maryland > Fiction.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 72 of 74 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City. (Show)

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 74 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library FICTION KELLY 2021 (Text) 0001002439865 Fiction Available -
Adair County Public Library A F Kelly (Text) 34029002558756 Fiction Available -
Albany Carnegie Public Library FIC KEL CAROLINE FERRIDAY-3 (Text) 35615010038515 Adult Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library FIC KEL (Text) 37884103179135 Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Monett Library FIC KEL (Text) 37884103179143 Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library FIC KEL (Text) 37884103179127 Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Shell Knob Library FIC KEL (Text) 37884103179119 Fiction Available -
Barton County - Golden City FIC KEL (Text) 31107211611772 Adult Fiction Available -
Bowling Green Public Library Fic Kel (Text) 35030000017907 Adult Fiction Available -
Brookfield Public Library FIC KEL (Text) 32512909405579 Adult Fiction Available -

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