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Loading... Yellow Crocus (original 2010; edition 2014)by Laila Ibrahim (Author)
Work InformationYellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim (2010)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book is a heartwarming story about the daughter of a slave holding family in the South and one of the slaves in her household who nurses her from infancy. It was a very fast, very easy, enjoyable read, but I definitely felt like I was reading a book aimed at young adults (even though it isn't marketed that way). It's written very simplistically, and oddly, for a story about slavery, everything seems to end on a positive note. In some ways, that was refreshing, but it also seemed a little odd and unrealistic for a book about slavery to be so "happily ever after". Nonetheless, the storytelling was good, it had some good moral lessons, and I never felt like putting the book down, so I think it deserves more than three stars. I think I'd likely give it 3.5 stars if it hadn't been for the narrator. She did a wonderful job of bringing the story to life. I was engaged throughout most of the book but there were some scenes that seemed to be a bit heavy on details that did nothing to enhance the story or move it forward. There were also plenty of parts where I had wished more time had been spent giving us some of the feelings of the characters - some very important things that were just glossed over and not really brought up again. But I still enjoyed the overall package a lot so that's why I went with four stars instead of three and a half. April 14, 1837 Mattie lay curled around the warm shape of her son when the unwanted messenger knocked. She stayed on her pallet, reluctant to end this precious time and listened to the sounds of quiet snores coming from her grandfather. She gazed at Samuel, pressed her nose close against his small neck to take in his sweet baby scent. Though she expected this visitor, had anticipated a knock for weeks, she dreaded this moment. Once she opened the door, her life would forever be divided into before and after. no reviews | add a review
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"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 she finds there --bring the two 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" -- Page 4 of cover. No library descriptions found. |
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Endearing characters, so glad she was able to escape and have the life she wanted, looking forward to book two. ( )