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Sunflower Sisters
by Martha Hall Kelly
Sunflower Sisters is the third book in the Lilac Girls or Woolsey-Ferriday series by Martha Hall Kelly. I have read all three books in order, but this book can be read as a standalone. Since I’ve read all of the books though I’ll give you a little feedback!
Lilac Girls was highly recommended to me by a friend who knows my love of WWI historical fiction. I thought this book was done so well. I loved the story of Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young girls released from Ravensbruck concentration camp. Her story has stuck with me since reading it. This was a 5-star read for me.
Lost Roses is set during WWI, and follows the story of Caroline Ferriday’s mother, Eliza who goes to Russia with a friend who is the cousin of the Romanov’s. When they arrive, Austria declares war on Serbia and the Russian Imperial Empire. Although I don’t read much WWI historical fiction, I still this story. This was a 4-star read for me.
Sunflower Sisters is set during the Civil War and is told from first-person perspectives of the three main characters. Georgey – an abolitionist nurse, Jemma – a slave, and Anne-May – a plantation owner. I really loved Georgey, and how she followed her passion for nursing instead of marrying someone and living a society lifestyle. Jemma is such a strong character who works as a slave for Anne-May. When Anne-May tries to sell her, Jemma finds a way to escape and join the Union Army. Anne-May is left behind to run the plantation when her husband and brother go to war. She joins a secret Southern spy network, which leads her to the fate she deserves.
Martha Hall Kelly does a great job in all three of these books by intertwining the lives of her main characters. This book is a great example of historical Civil War fiction as it takes us all throughout the US from southern plantations, slave auctions, battlefields, draft riots, war-torn New York City, and Gettysburg.
Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine/Random House Publishing Group for an eARC in exchange for my honest review. I had listened to the first two books on audiobook though and since it’s a multi-narrator cast (which I love), I decided to wait to listen to the audiobook rather than read the eBook I received. The audiobook has a great cast of narrators including Cassandra Campbell, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayna Small, and Jenna Lamia. I highly recommend all three books in this series on audiobook.
Lilac Girls was highly recommended to me by a friend who knows my love of WWI historical fiction. I thought this book was done so well. I loved the story of Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young girls released from Ravensbruck concentration camp. Her story has stuck with me since reading it. This was a 5-star read for me.
Lost Roses is set during WWI, and follows the story of Caroline Ferriday’s mother, Eliza who goes to Russia with a friend who is the cousin of the Romanov’s. When they arrive, Austria declares war on Serbia and the Russian Imperial Empire. Although I don’t read much WWI historical fiction, I still this story. This was a 4-star read for me.
Sunflower Sisters is set during the Civil War and is told from first-person perspectives of the three main characters. Georgey – an abolitionist nurse, Jemma – a slave, and Anne-May – a plantation owner. I really loved Georgey, and how she followed her passion for nursing instead of marrying someone and living a society lifestyle. Jemma is such a strong character who works as a slave for Anne-May. When Anne-May tries to sell her, Jemma finds a way to escape and join the Union Army. Anne-May is left behind to run the plantation when her husband and brother go to war. She joins a secret Southern spy network, which leads her to the fate she deserves.
Martha Hall Kelly does a great job in all three of these books by intertwining the lives of her main characters. This book is a great example of historical Civil War fiction as it takes us all throughout the US from southern plantations, slave auctions, battlefields, draft riots, war-torn New York City, and Gettysburg.
Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine/Random House Publishing Group for an eARC in exchange for my honest review. I had listened to the first two books on audiobook though and since it’s a multi-narrator cast (which I love), I decided to wait to listen to the audiobook rather than read the eBook I received. The audiobook has a great cast of narrators including Cassandra Campbell, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayna Small, and Jenna Lamia. I highly recommend all three books in this series on audiobook.