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Sunflower Sisters

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First published: 2021
Pages: 367

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Download “Sunflower Sisters” Book PDF from here completely free or read it online from here. This is a part of the “Woolsey-Ferriday” series by Martha Hall Kelly. The narrative centers around Georgeanna Woolsey, a nurse serving the Union during the Civil War. Her life intersects with Jemma, a young girl enslaved and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a mistress of a Southern plantation. The book offers an in-depth portrayal of the Civil War era, from the brutal plantations to a war-ravaged New York City, and the terrifying realities of the battlefield. It tells the tale of women struggling amidst a nation on the verge of disintegration, dealing with intense nationalism and racial injustice.

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Martha Hall Kelly

Lilac Girls braids three real and invented women through the Second World War: Caroline Ferriday, a New York socialite who spent years helping the Polish women experimented on at Ravensbrück; a Polish prisoner; and Herta Oberheuser, the German doctor who did the operations and served five years for it.