Martha Hall Kelly

Un premier roman époustouflant, absolument impossible à lâcher. » Tatiana de Rosnay, Le Lilas ne refleurit qu’après un hiver rigoureuxAu printemps 1861, les États-Unis sont au bord de la guerre civil

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Martha Hall Kelly's million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday's ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists."An exquisite tapestry of women determined to defy the molds the world has for them."--Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursGeorgeanna "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.

Septembre 1939. Les hordes nazies déferlent sur la Pologne. Commence alors, pour trois femmes que tout oppose, un terrible et rigoureux hiver… Il y a Caroline, l'ancienne actrice américaine qui vit d

LILAC GIRLS

From the New York Times bestselling author. Two spies risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II.Kelly weaves a fascinating tale of lesser-known heroes, inspired by true events, to enhance our understanding of history. Starred BooklistA compelling portrayal of turmoil both personal and global.Kirkus ReviewsIntriguing ... Historical fiction fans will be delighted.Publishers Weekly_____________Two spies who have lost everything. Or have they?The year is 1952. Its been over a decade since Josie and Arlette were arrested for working with the Resistance and imprisoned at the Ravensbruck concentration camp.Now working for the U.S. Army, Josie nurtures an ember of anger in her heart as she searches for the Nazi scientists who did unspeakable things to her mother.Arlette, having exhausted all her finances in Paris to find her stolen son, is left with no choice but to take a charming stranger up on his offer to search his compounds orphanage in French Guiana.Yet rumour has it the compound is filled with absconding Nazis.Both women must work together to uncover the truth and save the ones they love from terrifying danger . . ._____________Readers cant get enough of The Golden Doves ...***** FANTASTIC!!! This is another EXCELLENT + incredibly well-researched book by Martha Hall Kelly.***** Martha Hall Kelly always delivers a gripping, poignant, and beautifully told story.***** A wonderful and stunning post WWII-era historical fiction that is from one of my favourite authors. I loved it.***** This is a wonderful WW2 historical fiction. It has mystery, suspense and will keep you reading to see what will happen next.***** I loved every minute of reading this book.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Martha Hall Kellys million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferridays ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists.An exquisite tapestry of women determined to defy the molds the world has for them.Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursGeorgeanna Georgey Woolsey isnt 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 escapebut 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. Its 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.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. Now Lost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Carolines mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I.Not only a brilliant historical tale, but a love song to all the ways our friendships carry us through the worst of times.Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours It is 1914, and the world has been on the brink of war so often,many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia: the church with the interior covered in jeweled mosaics, the Rembrandts at the tsars Winter Palace, the famous ballet. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russias imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortune-tellers daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofyas letters suddenly stop coming, she fears the worst for her best friend. From the turbulent streets of St. Petersburg and aristocratic countryside estates to the avenues of Paris where a society of fallen Russian emigres live to the mansions of Long Island, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound ways. In her newest powerful tale told through female-driven perspectives, Martha Hall Kelly celebrates the unbreakable bonds of womens friendship, especially during the darkest days of history.

In this spectacular novel inspired by true events, New York Times bestselling author Martha Hall Kelly weaves a captivating tale of love, loss, and resilience.A delight! KATE QUINNA heart-in-your-mouth tale of family, friendship, and romance CHARMAINE WILKERSONA dreamy beach book that also sizzles with tension FIONA DAVIS-----------2016Fresh from her mothers funeral, Mari arrives on Marthas Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts to study under the enigmatic painter Elizabeth Devereux.But she soon realises that her relationship to the island runs deeper than she ever thought possible.1942Its World War II, and Smith sisters Cadence and Briar are faced with the impossible task of holding their failing family farm together as the US army arrives on their island.In an attempt for normalcy, the sisters start a book club that quickly grows in numbers and becomes a lifeline for the women who remain on the island.That is, until a German soldiers arrival casts shadows of doubt and danger. Who can they really trust in their tight-knit community?-----------Praise for The Marthas Vineyard Beach and Book ClubIrresistible . . . This story drew me in, then swept me away! Lisa Wingate, author of The Book of Lost FriendsThe glorious Martha Hall Kellys most personal novel yet . . . with a surprising turn that will inspire readers everywhere Adriana Trigiani, author of The View from Lake ComoAn ode to the human heart and the power of books to connect usno one writes about the sustaining cords of female friendships quite like Martha Hall Kelly Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of Finding Margaret FullerHer characters are so beautifully crafted. Genevieve Graham, nationally bestselling author of The Secret KeeperFull of thoughtful and detailed prose, endearing characters, swoony romance, and thriller-worthy intrigue. Natalie Jenner, nationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen SocietyAheartwarming novel of audacious women inspiring hope with a dash of heartbreak Sarah McCoy, New York Times bestselling author of The Bakers Daughter

Septiembre de 1939. Tres mujeres en tres lugares del mundo viven el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial de manera muy diferente. Estados Unidos: Caroline Ferriday, pertenece a una familia acomodada y trabaja como voluntaria para la embajada francesa en Nueva York. Polonia: la joven Kasia Kuzmerick debe madurar de golpe despues de que las SS detengan a su padre y ella se convierta en correo para la resistencia polaca. Alemania: Herta Oberheuser, una ambiciosa doctora, acepta trabajar para el regimen nazi sin sospechar que se adentra en un territorio cruel dominado por los hombres. Sus historias acabaran uniendose cuando Caroline y Kasia se decidan a buscar justicia para las mujeres olvidadas del campo de concentracion de Ravensbruck.

En 1914, Eliza Ferriday, una socialité de Nueva York, viaja a San Petersburgo junto a su amiga Sofya, una prima de los Romanov, la dinastía que controla el destino de Rusia. Cuando Austria le declara la guerra a Serbia y empieza el declive de la dinastia imperial rusa, Eliza consigue regresar a su hogar, mientras que Sofya y su familia huyen de la violencia que se ha adueñado de las calles y se instalan en el campo. Como necesitan ayuda para las tareas de la casa, contratan a una joven criada, Varinka, sin ser conscientes del peligro que representa. Tras la llegada a Estados Unidos de ciudadanos rusos que huyen de la Revolucion bolchevique, Eliza hace lo que puede para ayudarlos, y, al dejar de recibir cartas de su amiga Sofya, empieza a temerse lo peor.

Cuando la autora tropezó por casualidad con un artículo sobre Caroline Ferriday, actriz y filántropa, supo que tenía que contar su historia y la de las mujeres que pudieron recomponer sus vidas gracias a ella.Septiembre de 1939. Tres mujeres en tres lugares del mundo viven el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial de manera muy diferente.Estados Unidos: Caroline Ferriday, pertenece a una familia acomodada y trabaja como voluntaria para la embajada francesa en Nueva York.Polonia: la joven Kasia Kuzmerick debe madurar de golpe despues de que las SS detengan a su padre y ella se convierta en correo para la resistencia polaca.Alemania: Herta Oberheuser, una ambiciosa doctora, acepta trabajar para el regimen nazi sin sospechar que se adentra en un territorio cruel dominado por los hombres.Sus historias acabaran uniendose cuando Caroline y Kasia se decidan a buscar justicia para las mujeres olvidadas del campo de concentracion de Ravensbruck.

En 1914, Eliza Ferriday, una socialité de Nueva York, viaja a San Petersburgo junto a su amiga Sofya, una prima de los Romanov, la dinastía que controla el destino de Rusia. Cuando Austria le declara la guerra a Serbia y empieza el declive de la dinastia imperial rusa, Eliza consigue regresar a su hogar, mientras que Sofya y su familia huyen de la violencia que se ha adueñado de las calles y se instalan en el campo. Como necesitan ayuda para las tareas de la casa, contratan a una joven criada, Varinka, sin ser conscientes del peligro que representa. Tras la llegada a Estados Unidos de ciudadanos rusos que huyen de la Revolucion bolchevique, Eliza hace lo que puede para ayudarlos, y, al dejar de recibir cartas de su amiga Sofya, empieza a temerse lo peor.

Dos novelas y best sellers internacionales de Martha Hall Kelly, basados en hechos reales, ahora en un pack.Las mujeres de la casa de las lilasEn un mundo fracturado ellas lograron recomponer sus piezas.Septiembre de 1939. Tres mujeres deben afrontar el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundia. En Estados Unidos, Caroline Ferriday tra-baja en el consulado de Francia en Nueva York. En Polonia, la joven Kasia Kuzmerick debe madurar de golpe despues de que las SS detengan a su padre. Y en Alemania, Herta Oberheuser, una ambi-ciosa doctora, acepta trabajar para el regimen nazi. Sus historias se acabaran entrelazando cuando Caroline y Kasia decidan buscar justicia para las muje-res olvidadas del campo de concentracion de Ravensbruck.Las rosas olvidadasEllas hicieron de los tiempos dificiles una oportunidad para crecer.La precuela de Las mujeres de la casa de las lilas.En 1914, Eliza Ferriday, una socialite de Nue-va York, viaja a San Petersburgo junto a su amiga Sofya, una prima de los Romanov, la dinastia que controla el destino de Rusia.Cuando Austria le declara la guerra a Serbia y empieza el declive de la dinastia imperial rusa, Eliza consigue regresar a su hogar, mientras que Sofya y su familia huyen de la violencia que se ha adueñado de las calles y se instalan en el campo. Cuando Eliza deja de recibir noticias de Sofya, se teme lo peor.

Tras el éxito de Las mujeres de la casa de las lilas, basada en la vida de Caroline Ferriday, llega la precuela Las rosas olvidadas. La historia, inspirada en hechos reales, gira alrededor de los acontecimientos que marcaron a Eliza, la madre de Caroline.En 1914, Eliza Ferriday, una socialite de Nueva York, viaja a San Petersburgo junto a su amiga Sofya, una prima de los Romanov, la dinastia que controla el destino de Rusia. Cuando Austria le declara la guerra a Serbia y empieza el declive de la dinastia imperial rusa, Eliza consigue regresar a su hogar, mientras que Sofya y su familia huyen de la violencia que se ha adueñado de las calles y se instalan en el campo. Como necesitan ayuda para las tareas de la casa, contratan a una joven criada, Varinka, sin ser conscientes del peligro que representa. Tras la llegada a Estados Unidos de ciudadanos rusos que huyen de la Revolucion bolchevique, Eliza hace lo que puede para ayudarlos, y, al dejar de recibir cartas de su amiga Sofya, empieza a temerse lo peor.

Esta historia, basada en personajes y hechos reales, demuestra que hasta en las peores situaciones el altruismo y la generosidad florecen.Septiembre de 1939. Tres mujeres en tres lugares del mundo viven el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial de manera muy diferente. En Estados Unidos, Caroline Ferriday trabaja como voluntaria para el consulado de Francia en Nueva York y ayuda a los que llegan de Europa hu-yendo de la guerra. En Polonia, la joven Kasia Kuzmerick debe madurar de golpe despues de que las SS detengan a su padre. Y en Alemania, Herta Oberheuser, una ambiciosa doctora, acepta trabajar para el regimen nazi sin sospechar que se adentra en un territorio cruel. Sus historias se acabaran entrelazando cuando Caroline y Kasia decidan buscar justicia para las mujeres olvidadas del campo de concentracion de Ravensbruck.