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Oct 25, 2018
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3.5***
From the book jacket: 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. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come.
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Good historical fiction set in 1837 to 1860 Virginia. The novel explores the ways in which family bonds are formed regardless of biol ...more
3.5***
From the book jacket: 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. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come.
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Good historical fiction set in 1837 to 1860 Virginia. The novel explores the ways in which family bonds are formed regardless of biol ...more
I listened to the audio version of Yellow Crocus and Bahni Turpin did an excellent job with the narration. As others have said, this book has good bones and to my way of thinking could have been better if it hadn't been so quite so tidy, but I still really enjoyed it. It is a story of relationships, both functional and miserably dysfunctional, and if it doesn't delve deeply enough into the atrocity that was slavery, the mindset of the southern slave owner certainly shone through in shocking deta
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Mar 25, 2013
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What a fascinating book! It's set in the 1800's, before the Civil War, when slaves were commonplace and accepted in Virginia, although there were some white people (Abolitionists) who were starting to protest the practice. It's shocking that they were treated as 3/4 of a person, no more important than any other property. Just as you wouldn't ask a table if it wanted to be moved, slave-owners didn't ask slaves if they wanted to be sold. And with transportation and communication being sold limited
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was well written with a story that developed well but at the same time was not cumbersome. It was a very delightful and inspiring book, one that reminds us of human caring and emotions, no matter our outward appearances.
Loved this book. Totally deserves 5 stars. I can't believe it is the author's 1st published book. It was a quick moving read. If you loved Tne Help, you'd probably love this book.
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Sep 13, 2014
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