
When lisbeth discovers that her father is dying, she’s summoned back to the Virginia plantation where she grew up. For lisbeth, it’s a time for reconciliation. The women have an unlikely bond deeper than friendship. Jordan freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth’s beloved nurse. Jordan and mattie return to Fair Oaks, too, to save the family they left behind, who still toil in oppression.
Lisbeth johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. For jordan and Mattie, it’s time for liberation. As the johnsons and freedmans confront the injustice that binds them, as well as the bitterness and violence that seethes at its heart, the women must find the courage to free their families—and themselves—from the past.
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Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come. Moments after lisbeth is born, mattie, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. 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.
Revised edition: This edition of Yellow Crocus includes editorial revisions.
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