Hearts and minds

Martha Hall Kelly’s beautifully written SUNFLOWER SISTERS (Bantam, $37) will appeal to all Little Women fans out there as the tale of three women walking very different paths during the American Civil War.

First, we meet the redoubtable Georgeanna “Georgy” Woolsey (think Jo March in ), one of seven close sisters from a highly respected New York abolitionist family. Georgy is keen to lend nursing support to the Yankee