![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally she gets the chance to get free and gets mistaken as a boy and "taken" up in the army, to fight for the Union. She goes through so much, getting beaten, watching horrible things happen to the ones she loves, while also dealing with pain herself. Jemma is owned by Anne May on a tobacco plantation with her family. Her family is just as passionate about helping in anyway they can and I love it. But she is not giving up and will do anything she can. ![]() Georgey is a very strong willed woman and wants to be a nurse and open a women's training hospital, which is highly looked down upon during these times. Georgey Woolsey is part of the family of very strong women, with 6 sisters and a little brother who do everything they can to help with the war and to help everyone, including the slaves they encounter. Martha Hall Kelly really does such an amazing job with her characters and I loved most and really hated others, which was a perfect combination. I am so used to reading historical fiction based on WWII or in Europe, but this was such a beautiful story told during the Civil War from the POV of Caroline Ferriday's ancestor Georgiana, or Georgey, Jemma- a slave in Maryland on a tobacco farm, and her owner Anne May. Being the last book of the "Lilac Girls" Trilogy, I have to say this one was probably my favorite. What a beautiful ending to an amazing trilogy. ![]()
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