“With unflinching honesty and compassion, Ibrahim shows the relationship between an enslaved black woman and the little white girl she is forced to care for. She shows the real love that grows in the rocky crevasses of slavery, as well as the price that is paid for loving against the rules. The characters are so real that I found myself thinking of them for weeks after I read the book." – Dr. Heather MacLeod
“Yellow Crocus is an engaging read. It tells a rarely told story about mother-child relationships, highlighting the struggles of coming of age and parenting during a critical period in U.S. history. Yellow Crocus is moving; it warmed my heart, making me laugh and cry." – Dr. Jill Miller “Intelligent, heartbreaking, and powerful. Beautifully written, the characters live on long past the end of the book." – Rev. Sheri Prud’homme Acclaims from Amazon:
“As someone who majored in history with a concentration on African American history, I must say this book was awesome. This book was very unbiased and was very factual in relating information on the society and communities in the south during slavery. The book 'told it like it is' when it comes to the relationship between mammies and the children they were forced to suckle and raise." – JustTiffany “This is clearly a labor of love for this first-time author. The story is riveting, accessible, and completely drew me in. It takes great skill to transport a reader into the narrative the way this author has. I felt as if I knew the families and shared their emotional journeys. It was a gentle way of filling in some the many gaps in my understanding of life in that period and it piqued my interest in learning more of the historical details from different points of view." – Karen Eng “I was most surprised by how much beauty and pleasure I could find in a book which in large part is about slavery. I could not put it down...the details of the deep and powerful relationship between a white girl and the black woman who nursed, raised her and saved her life- enabled me to stomach more of the realities of slavery and glimpse for moments about how folks managed those times." – N. Mader “It is very difficult to encapsulate the way of life in the American South in the 25 years leading up to the Civil War in a single novel. It is an emotional story which is well told and covers the major features of slavery and the power and attitude to slaves by their white owners." –Suncoast “It is rare to find a work of fiction that combines heart, historicity, and deep-at-the-bone truth, the way "Yellow Crocus" does. Ibrahim chronicles the lives of these characters with an honesty that can only spring from love and compassion. When we talk about racism and the effects of slavery, this is not the kind of story we usually imagine, yet this is a story that has been echoed in thousands of lives, and thousands of broken hearts.” – MaryG “I was completely engrossed and thoroughly entertained by this novel. I guess it goes to show sometimes reaching beyond your own personal interests can be a truly enlightening experience.” – Michele De Marco “I have never been so touched by a book and found myself wanting more.” – Jo Broshar |
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