Yellow Crocus: A Novel - Brossura

Ibrahim, Laila

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0984502203 ISBN 13: 9780984502202

Casa editrice: Flaming Chalice Press, 2010

Riassunto

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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Book by Ibrahim Laila

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Flaming Chalice Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0984502203
• ISBN 13: 9780984502202
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 238
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile