Between Shadow and Sun

The fate of three women during the Civil War in a magnificent novel that pays tribute to women in wartime.

In the spring of 1861, the United States is on the brink of civil war and both enemy camps are stepping up conscription a little more each day. In these troubled times, where everyone's freedom is at stake in a country about to collapse, the destinies of three exceptional women intertwine.

In New York, Georgeanna Woolsey goes against all expectations of high society and enlists as a nurse; when the Union army passes through the Maryland plantation where she is enslaved, young Jemma is torn: should she abandon her family or give up freedom? As for Anne-May, who has been supervising the operations of the family plantation since the men joined the Confederate troops, her devouring ambition soon exposes her to a terrible fate.

A powerful and very timely novel that exposes ever-present tensions and pays tribute to three extraordinary women, caught in the turmoil of history.