The other two protagonists, enslaved Jemma and heartless, self-absorbed plantation owner Anne-May, face economic hardships and family losses brought on by the war. At the same time, Georgy must contend with male prejudices against female nurses. Georgy becomes a Union nurse and experiences the human tragedy of inadequate and rudimentary medical resources to treat an unimaginable number of casualties. Then the Civil War approaches, with a sense of pageantry and excitement that gives way to grim realities of war. An exceptional opening scene gives insight into the deep moral convictions of the Woolseys. This epic story, set prior to and during the American Civil War, is inspired by the lives of Georgeanna “Georgy” Woolsey and her six sisters, mother, and brother, drawing on the Woolsey family archive.
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