Yellow Crocus Yellow Crocus, Book 1, (Paperback)

from deslivres5

Yellow Crocus is a pre-Civil War historical fiction novel detailing the close relationship between a Virginia slave owners daughter, Lisbeth, and her family's slave, Mattie, a new mother who is separated from her own baby to become the wet nurse and later long-term mammie of Lisbeth. Lisbeth's re...

from pinkcrayon99

The fondest memory Mattie has of her mother is when they would go looking for Yellow Crocus's together as the first sign of spring. Slavery does not allow for many happy memories. Mattie is living with the memory of having to walk out on her 3 month old baby to be a wet nurse for the mistress's n...

from homeschoolmimzi

Beautiful story. I can't remember how I'd heard of this book, perhaps I saw it on some list. I'm glad I read it- didn't want it to end! I would love a sequel, but I know too often sequels don't even compare to the 1st book. The title Yellow Crocus is a symbol of hope- a first indication of someth...

from abycats

I rated this book perhaps more highly than it deserves because it was so skillful at accomplishing its purpose. A tale from the birth to first child of a woman of privilege in pre-Civil War Virginia, this book rather gently describes the close relationship of this girl to her mammy and the contra...

from Cariola

Mattie was only sixteen when she was told to leave her baby with in the slave quarters her sister and come up to the big house. She had been chosen to be wet nurse to her mistress's new daughter, Miss Elizabeth. Initially resentful, Mattie learns to love the little girl, and Lisbeth grows closer ...