![]() ![]() ![]() It is their need to escape their current circumstances and journey north into a better, freer life. The birth of Mattie’s second child re-awakens a long dormant need in both Mattie and Emmanuel. ![]() Then, she becomes absorbed into her mother’s goals of a good marriage for her. At first, Lisbeth misses Mattie fiercely. These good times continue until Mattie gets pregnant as the result of a visit from her husband Emmanuel. It reaches the point where she prefers Mattie’s company to that of her flesh-and-blood family. Over the years of her childhood, and despite the efforts of her strict, conservative mother and grandmother, Lisbeth’s relationship with Mattie deepens. Mattie is at first angry about being forced to leave her son Samuel down in the slave quarters, but she soon adjusts to her new life, becoming more affectionate with Elizabeth (whom Mattie calls Lisbeth) as time passes. The story begins as Mattie, who has recently become a mother, is brought in from the fields to nurse the newly born Elizabeth, whose mother Ann is repulsed by the thought and practice of nursing Elizabeth herself. ![]() Upon Elizabeth's birth, Mattie becomes her wet-nurse and, over time, her mammy and confidante. It is the story of the long-lasting relationship between a privileged white heiress Elizabeth Wainwright and a black woman named Mattie. Yellow Crocus, written by Laila Ibrahim, is set in the mid-1800’s American South. ![]()
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