Sunflower Sisters
Thank you so much Random House and Book Sparks for this beautiful gifted book as part of the #SpringBookScope reads!
Sadly Sunflower Sisters the third and final book of the Lilac Girls series, and I dread seeing it come to an end. If you’re new to the series don’t worry, each book can be read as a stand-alone. This book is based on real life events, and I’m in love with the story. It is heartfelt with real and compelling characters that make this a gripping, page-turning read. Right now I’m really trying to savor this story instead of reading it at warp speed.
💬 𝐐𝐎𝐓𝐃: 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?
Georgeanna “Georgey” Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. So when war ignites the nation, Georgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. In proving them wrong, she and her sister Eliza venture from New York to Washington, D.C., 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, where she lives with her mother and father. Her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the plantation next door, and both live in fear of LeBaron, an 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 through, she sees a chance to finally escape—but 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 household, she uses the opportunity to follow her own ambitions and is drawn into a secret Southern network of spies, finally exposing herself to the fate she deserves.
Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid, detailed look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations, to a war-torn New York City, to the horrors of the battlefield.
