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If you enjoyed Martha Hall Kelly’s bestseller Lilac Girls, you are bound to appreciate her new book Sunflower Sisters. In this book, Kelly weaves together the lives of three women during the Civil War. She tells the stories of a Union nurse, an enslaved African American and a Southern plantation mistress. Sunflower Sisters – by Martha Hall Kelly Description Martha Hall Kelly’s million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced

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Conservancy Book Review Eight

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A Different Kind of WWII Book–a ‘must read’

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