· Yellow Crocus (Yellow Crocus #1) by Laila Ibrahim starts with Mattie, a field slave, being forced to leave her infant son to be the wet nurse for newly born Lisbeth Wainwright. Lisbeth is born into wealth on the Tidewater Plantation in Virginia in /5. · Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim. Yellow Crocus, the debut novel by Laila Ibrahim was a total revelation to me. I had never before read a novel based on slavery in America and as I read the present novel set in the early 19th Century, strange customs and brazen brutality of slaveholders jolted me. Though, thankfully Yellow Crocus is not a depressing tale on the evils of slavery, but is a true Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. “Yellow Crocus” is the first novel in the “Yellow Crocus” series and was released in the year Just moments after Lisbeth is born, she gets taken from her mom and handed over to Mattie, an enslaved wet nurse and young mom that was separated from her own infant son to care for this tiny charge.
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim is a beautiful story about Lisbeth and her wet nurse Mattie. The story is set in Virginia in the nineteenth century where slav. Yellow Crocus, the debut novel by Laila Ibrahim was a total revelation to me. I had never before read a novel based on slavery in America and as I read the present novel set in the early 19th Century, strange customs and brazen brutality of slaveholders jolted me. Listen to Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim with a free trial.\nListen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. 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.
Yellow Crocus (Yellow Crocus #1) by Laila Ibrahim starts with Mattie, a field slave, being forced to leave her infant son to be the wet nurse for newly born Lisbeth Wainwright. Lisbeth is born into wealth on the Tidewater Plantation in Virginia in Yellow Crocus, written by Laila Ibrahim, is set in the mid’s American South. It is the story of the long-lasting relationship between a privileged white heiress Elizabeth Wainwright and a black woman named Mattie. Upon Elizabeth's birth, Mattie becomes her wet-nurse and, over time, her mammy and confidante. Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim. Yellow Crocus, the debut novel by Laila Ibrahim was a total revelation to me. I had never before read a novel based on slavery in America and as I read the present novel set in the early 19th Century, strange customs and brazen brutality of slaveholders jolted me. Though, thankfully Yellow Crocus is not a depressing tale on the evils of slavery, but is a true portrayal of a special relationship shared between a wet nurse Mattie and her charge Elizabeth.
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