Freedman/Johnson Reeks

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1. De eerste krokus

   • Laila Ibrahim

   • 304bladzijden
   • 11 uur lezen

   "De eerste krokus' van Laila Ibrahim is een meeslepende roman over slavernij en moederschap in de negentiende eeuw. Als Lisbeth geboren wordt bij rijke plantageeigenaren, wordt slavin Mattie weggehaald bij haar eigen baby om het meisje te voeden en te verzorgen. Terwijl Lisbeth opgroeit in twee werelden, wordt de band met Mattie steeds sterker. Rituelen ontwikkelen zich: zo zoeken ze elk jaar samen naar de eerste gele krokus van de lente. Langzaam maar zeker groeit Lisbeths afkeer van de slavernij. Als Mattie jaren later ontsnapt, volgen we het verdere leven van Lisbeth. Op haar verlovingsfeest komt ze tot een schokkende ontdekking die haar wereld compleet op z'n kop zet… Voor liefhebbers van "Een keukenmeidenroman' van Kathryn Stockett.

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2. Mustard Seed

   • Laila Ibrahim

   • 284bladzijden
   • 10 uur lezen

   The bestselling author of Yellow Crocus returns with a haunting and tender story of three women returning to the plantation they once called home. Oberlin, Ohio, 1868. Lisbeth Johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. Jordan Freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth's beloved nurse. The women have an unlikely bond deeper than friendship. Three years after the Civil War, Lisbeth and Mattie are tending their homes and families while Jordan, an aspiring suffragette, teaches at an integrated school. When Lisbeth discovers that her father is dying, she's summoned back to the Virginia plantation where she grew up. There she must face the Confederate family she betrayed by marrying an abolitionist. Jordan and Mattie return to Fair Oaks, too, to save the family they left behind, who still toil in oppression. For Lisbeth, it's a time for reconciliation. For Jordan and Mattie, it's time for liberation. As the Johnsons and Freedmans confront the injustice that binds them, as well as the bitterness and violence that seethes at its heart, the women must find the courage to free their families--and themselves--from the past.

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3. Golden Poppies

   • Laila Ibrahim

   • 304bladzijden
   • 11 uur lezen

   From the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus and Mustard Seed comes the empowering novel of two generations of American women connected by the past and fighting for a brighter future.It’s 1894. Jordan Wallace and Sadie Wagoner appear to have little in common. Jordan, a middle-aged black teacher, lives in segregated Chicago. Two thousand miles away, Sadie, the white wife of an ambitious German businessman, lives in more tolerant Oakland, California. But years ago, their families intertwined on a plantation in Virginia. There, Jordan’s and Sadie’s mothers developed a bond stronger than blood, despite the fact that one was enslaved and the other was the privileged daughter of the plantation’s owner.With Jordan’s mother on her deathbed, Sadie leaves her disapproving husband to make the arduous train journey with her mother to Chicago. But the reunion between two families is soon fraught with personal and political challenges.As the harsh realities of racial divides and the injustices of the Gilded Age conspire to hold them back, the women find they need each other more than ever. Their courage, their loyalty, and the ties that bind their families will be tested. Amid the tumult of a quickly changing nation, their destiny depends on what they’re willing to risk for liberation.

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