This novel is a prequel to the Lilac Girls novel. She helped organise the American Central Committee for Russian Relief which found work and homes for these women in their new country and raised money through the sale of goods made by Russian refugees in Paris.

In this second novel, Lost Roses, released in April 2019, we again encounter the Woolsey family and learn how Caroline’s mother, Eliza, devoted much time to the displaced White Russian women during wartime. It introduced readers to the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday, from the famous Woolsey family of New York City who were staunch abolitionists and philanthropists. Her earlier book, Lilac Girls, published in April 2016, became an international bestseller. Petersburg and aristocratic estates of the countryside to the avenues of Paris and the society of fallen Russian émigrés there to the mansions of Long Island, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound ways, taking readers on a breathtaking ride through a momentous time in history.This is the second historical fiction novel by Martha Hall Kelly inspired by the life of World War heroines. But when Sofya’s letters suddenly stop coming she fears the worst for her best friend.įrom the turbulent streets of St. 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. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortuneteller’s daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their home.

But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia’s Imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their estate outside the city.

Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I. This sweeping new novel, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Caroline’s mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. The runaway bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday.

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