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Yellow Crocus : a Novel by Laila Ibrahim is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Yellow Crocus : a Novel about?

Moments after her birth to the mistress of a sprawling Virginia plantation, Lisbeth Wainwright is entrusted to Mattie, an enslaved wet nurse. From then on, Mattie serves as Lisbeth's stand-in mother, nursing her, singing her to sleep, and soothing her in the night. And yet mothering Lisbeth tears Mattie away from her own baby, Samuel, who lives in the slave quarters. Growing up under Mattie's tender care, Lisbeth adopts her traditions of prayer, singing, eating black-eyed peas, and hunting for yellow crocuses in the spring. As the years pass, Lisbeth is drawn back into the white world, earning a growing awareness of the inequality of her and Mattie's stations. She struggles to reconcile her love for Mattie with her parents' expectations for her future, intent on keeping the best of both worlds-until a terrible betrayal forces her to choose once and for all. Yellow Crocus is a compelling novel of love, loss, and redemption set during one of the most sinister chapters of American history.

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Author

Laila Ibrahim

Publisher

CreateSpace

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780984502202

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.25 / 5 (17,787 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14