Sunflower sisters
(Large Print)
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cornwall Public Library - Adult Large Type Fiction | LP KELLY, MARTHA HALL | On Shelf |
Florida Public Library - Adult Large Type Fiction | LP Kel | On Shelf |
Greenwood Lake Public Library - Adult Fiction | LP Kelly, M. | On Shelf |
Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Adult Large Type Fiction | LP KELLY | On Shelf |
Monroe Free Library - Adult Large Type Fiction | LP KELLY | On Hold |
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Published
New York: Random House Large Print, [2021].
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
819 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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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. It's a sweeping story of women caught in a country on the brink of collapse, in a society grappling with nationalism and unthinkable racial cruelty, a story still so relevant today.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kelly, M. H. (2021). Sunflower sisters (Large print edition.).
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kelly, Martha Hall. 2021. Sunflower Sisters. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kelly, Martha Hall. Sunflower Sisters , 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kelly, Martha Hall. Sunflower Sisters Large print edition., 2021.
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