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Cargando... Yellow Crocus (2010)por Laila Ibrahim
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is a heartwarming story about the daughter of a slave holding family in the South and one of the slaves in her household who nurses her from infancy. It was a very fast, very easy, enjoyable read, but I definitely felt like I was reading a book aimed at young adults (even though it isn't marketed that way). It's written very simplistically, and oddly, for a story about slavery, everything seems to end on a positive note. In some ways, that was refreshing, but it also seemed a little odd and unrealistic for a book about slavery to be so "happily ever after". Nonetheless, the storytelling was good, it had some good moral lessons, and I never felt like putting the book down, so I think it deserves more than three stars. I think I'd likely give it 3.5 stars if it hadn't been for the narrator. She did a wonderful job of bringing the story to life. I was engaged throughout most of the book but there were some scenes that seemed to be a bit heavy on details that did nothing to enhance the story or move it forward. There were also plenty of parts where I had wished more time had been spent giving us some of the feelings of the characters - some very important things that were just glossed over and not really brought up again. But I still enjoyed the overall package a lot so that's why I went with four stars instead of three and a half. April 14, 1837 Mattie lay curled around the warm shape of her son when the unwanted messenger knocked. She stayed on her pallet, reluctant to end this precious time and listened to the sounds of quiet snores coming from her grandfather. She gazed at Samuel, pressed her nose close against his small neck to take in his sweet baby scent. Though she expected this visitor, had anticipated a knock for weeks, she dreaded this moment. Once she opened the door, her life would forever be divided into before and after. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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«Mattie nunca fue del todo mía en realidad, y la conciencia de este hecho tenía que haberme colmado con la misma prontitud y certeza que la leche de sus senos. Pese a ser "posesión" de mi familia, pese a hallarse en el centro mismo de mi universo, sus afectos más profundos habitaban en otra parte. Por eso el consuelo de tenerla iba de la mano del miedo a perderla un día. La que sigue es nuestra historia» En el instante de nacer, Lisbeth se ve apartada de su madre y queda a cargo de Mattie, una esclava a la que han separado de su propio hijo para que ejerza de ama de leche. Comienza así una relación intensa que conformará la vida de ambas durante décadas. Es Mattie, y no su familia, quien le enseña a disfrutar de las pequeñas cosas, quien le abre los ojos ante la injustica de la esclavitud, quien le enseña a amar incondicionalmente. Pero ¿es posible que dos mujeres de origen tan dispar compartan semejante vínculo sin consecuencias? Este relato conmovedor de amor improbable sigue el viaje emprendido por cada una de ellas en busca de su propia libertad. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Endearing characters, so glad she was able to escape and have the life she wanted, looking forward to book two. ( )