Yellow Crocus, Laila Ibrahim
Yellow Crocus, Laila Ibrahim
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Yellow Crocus

Author: Laila Ibrahim

Narrator: Laila Ibrahim

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/19/2014

Synopsis

Moments after Lisbeth is born, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come. Though Lisbeth leads a life of privilege, she finds nothing but loneliness in the company of her overwhelmed mother and her distant, slave-owning father. As she grows older, Mattie becomes more like family to Lisbeth than her own kin and the girl’s visits to the slaves’ quarters—and their lively and loving community—bring them closer together than ever. But can two women in such disparate circumstances form a bond like theirs without consequence? This deeply moving tale of unlikely love traces the journey of these very different women as each searches for freedom and dignity.Revised edition: This edition of Yellow Crocus includes editorial revisions.

About Laila Ibrahim

Laila Ibrahim spent much of her career as a preschool director, and that, coupled with her experiences as a teacher and her education in developmental psychology and attachment theory, provided ample fodder for the story of Mattie and Lisbeth in Yellow Crocus. In addition to being a writer, Laila is a birth doula and Director of Children and Family Ministries at the First Unitarian Church of Oakland. She lives in a small co-housing community in Berkeley, CA, with her wife, Rinda, and two daughters. She is hard at work on her second novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kiessa on June 20, 2012

I want to wrap my arms and legs around this book and hang onto it forever. With a depth and subtlety I'm sure I didn't even fully grasp during this first read, Yellow Crocus captured my attention and my emotions on every single page. I am hungry to pick it up and start all over again. Beautiful, war......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on January 29, 2016

When I read The Invention of Wings last year , it made me think about little I really knew about slavery in spite of having read books and seen movies depicting the despicable injustices and inhumane treatment that black slaves in this country were forced to live with . Once again, this time in Yell......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on March 06, 2021

This was a wonderfully written book! This book follows two characters, Mattie and Lisbeth, and is set in the mid-1800's in Virginia. Mattie is a slave woman for Lisbeth's family and is called in to be a wet nurse to young Elizabeth (Lisbeth). Forced to leave her own son just a few months old, Mattie......more

Goodreads review by Jsiva on July 22, 2024

(2.5 stars) After reading works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, even Toni Morrison...I found "Yellow Crocus" to be a simple, romanticized narrative of a relationship between a white girl whose family owns slaves and her wet nurse/servant. This work overall did not delve......more

Quotes

“Yellow Crocus is an engaging, thought-provoking story. It’s a must-read for anyone who enjoys Antebellum historical fiction or is looking for a compelling story to add to their book club reading list.” —Katerie Prio, ForeWord Clarin

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