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Georgeanne Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and demure attitudes. So when civil war ignites the nation, she 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 Washington, D.C. to Gettysburg, and while involved in the war effort witness firsthand the unparalleled horrors of slavery.
In the South, Jemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation, while her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the property next door. Both live in fear of LeBaron, an abusive overseer who tracks their every move. When Jemma is sold by the cruel Anne-May just as the Union Army comes through, she sees a chance to escape – but only by abandoning those she loves.
Anne-May is forced to run the Peeler Plantation when her husband joins the Union Army and her brother enlists with the Confederates. Now in charge, she uses the opportunity to follow her own ambitions and is drawn into a secret Southern network of spies ...
Georgeanne Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and demure attitudes. So when civil war ignites the nation, she 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 Washington, D.C. to Gettysburg, and while involved in the war effort witness firsthand the unparalleled horrors of slavery.
In the South, Jemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation, while her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the property next door. Both live in fear of LeBaron, an abusive overseer who tracks their every move. When Jemma is sold by the cruel Anne-May just as the Union Army comes through, she sees a chance to escape – but only by abandoning those she loves.
Anne-May is forced to run the Peeler Plantation when her husband joins the Union Army and her brother enlists with the Confederates. Now in charge, she uses the opportunity to follow her own ambitions and is drawn into a secret Southern network of spies ...
Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations, to a war-torn New York City.
Martha Hall Kelly is an American novelist whose debut novel, Lilac
Girls, became a New York Times bestseller the week it was published
in 2016 and then went on to sell over two million copies and be
published in 50 countries. The novel is based on the true story of
72 Polish women who were imprisoned and experimented on at
Ravensbruck Concentration Camp.
Kelly's next two books Lost Roses and Sunflower Sisters also became
Instant New York Times bestsellers, followed by The Golden Doves,
which was set in WWII. Kelly's upcoming novel The Martha’s Vineyard
Beach and Book Club is to be published in 2025. Cassandra Campbell
is an actress, director and teacher who has performed in New York
at the Public Theatre, the Mint Theater and the Clurman Theatre.
She is an accomplished voiceover artist who has won four Audie
Awards from the Audio Publishers Association and has been a
finalist for several more. Cassandra has also earned numerous
Earphones Awards from AudioFile, who named her a Golden Voice
Narrator. In 2018, she was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of
Fame. Jenna Lamia brings a fresh, captivating voice to the
audiobook world, and with only a few audiobooks under her belt she
has had amazing success. In 2003 she was an Audie Award Finalist in
the prestigious category of Best Female Narrator. Martha Hall Kelly
is an American novelist whose debut novel, Lilac Girls, became a
New York Times bestseller the week it was published in 2016 and
then went on to sell over two million copies and be published in 50
countries. The novel is based on the true story of 72 Polish women
who were imprisoned and experimented on at Ravensbruck
Concentration Camp.
Kelly's next two books Lost Roses and Sunflower Sisters also became
Instant New York Times bestsellers, followed by The Golden Doves,
which was set in WWII. Kelly's upcoming novel The Martha’s Vineyard
Beach and Book Club is to be published in 2025. Saskia Maarleveld
is an actress and audiobook narrator. Born in Hong Kong, Saskia has
lived in New Zealand, France and the USA. A graduate of Tisch
School of the Arts (NYU), her audiobook narrations have won
AudioFile Earphones Awards and she has been nominated for an Audie
Award for Best Female Narrator (2018). Her voice acting credits
include recurring roles in Winx Club (2015), Pokémon (2013–2016)
and World of Winx (2016–2017). Shayna Small is an Amercan actor,
musician and audiobook narrator. She received her training at the
Baltimore School of the Arts and Juliard, and since mentored at
CenterStage, Showdown Theatre Snow College and Stella Adler
Conservatory. A prolifc voice artist, Shayna has previously
narrated Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Adalyn
Grace’s All the Stars and Teeth and Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing
Half.
'Vibrant ... vivid, impeccably researched. This page-turning work
is sure to please Kelly's fans.'
*Publishers Weekly*
'Kelly's vivid prose, stunning historical research, and heartfelt,
compelling characters make this a gripping, page-turning read.'
*Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of The
Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post*
'As well-researched and as engaging as Lost Roses and Lilac Girls .
. . illuminates parts of history infrequently told.'
*Booklist*
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