![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Alexandra Machinist, ICM Partners. This page-turning work is sure to please Kelly’s fans. In spite of the unwanted 'advice' from her aunties about her complexion, Mum gives Amrita a 'sunflower-yellow' lehenga to compliment her brown skin. The vivid, impeccably researched saga briskly sweeps across war-torn battlefields, New York City, and Southern plantations, highlighting the struggles endured by her women characters. 4 Reviews Write a Review As Amrita prepares for her sister's wedding, she naturally wants to wear the brightest colours. The strands eventually converge in the novel’s satisfying second half, when Jemma is taken in by Georgy’s family, while Anne-May obsessively searches for her. The stories of how the slaves are treated are poignant and difficult to read, especially when they are being punished. When Anne-May, now a Confederate spy, hears the news, she pursues Jemma for help. Sunflower Sisters takes place during the Civil War and is told from the viewpoints of a MD slave, Jemma, her owner, Anne-May, and a NY nurse, Georgy. After Jemma escapes her new plantation dressed up as a boy, she is conscripted into the Union Army. Running parallel to this narrative is the plight of Jemma, a literate enslaved Maryland woman who, after being sold off by sadistic mistress Anne-May Watson, must choose between her family and a fleeting opportunity for freedom. In 1861, Georgy, 28, abandons her privileged New York City debutante’s life to volunteer in a nursing brigade for the Union Army alongside her sister, Eliza. This vibrant saga explores the historical ancestor of Kelly’s Lost Roses heroine Caroline Ferriday, abolitionist Georgeanna “Georgy” Woolsey. ![]()
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