![]() The disconnect between ground realities and its portrayal in the story is too wide. Ibrahim’s writing does not bring to fore the harrowing harsh realities of slavery. The first one was Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson, and I must say, Yellow Crocus comes nowhere close to it. This is the second book I have read this year on the same topic. When Mattie and Lisbeth meet after 9 years in a different place, under different circumstances, the reunion is bitter sweet. ![]() Their lives undergo remarkable changes and they are separated when the civil war looms closer to home. An unexpected relationship blossoms between the two characters, which enhances as time passes. Though resentful at first, Mattie soon grows fond of Lisbeth. At 19, Mattie’s employers force her to hand-over her newborn son to another woman so she can become a wet-nurse to little Elizabeth. ![]() The novel follows Lisbeth (Elisabeth) Wainwright, daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, and Mattie, an enslaved black woman who works and lives on the plantation. Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim is a story set in pre-civil war America (1800s) in the plantations of Virginia. ![]()
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