Special Event! Join the Racialized Identities Awareness Book Group with Author Laila Ibrahim

Friday, January 9th
6:30-8:30 pm
Bard Hall at First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego

Mark your calendars! The Racialized Identities Awareness Book Group is excited to announce a special evening event featuring author Laila Ibrahim to discuss her powerful novel, Yellow Crocus.

Laila Ibrahim, a Unitarian Universalist (UU) from the Bay Area and a good friend of Kristen Keller (a friend of First UU), will be joining us for what promises to be a deeply moving and insightful discussion.

Yellow Crocus tells the story of an intense and complicated relationship that begins the moment the infant Lisbeth is born and immediately handed over to her enslaved wet nurse, Mattie. Mattie is a young mother who has been separated from her own infant son to care for her tiny charge.

Though Lisbeth is born into a life of privilege, she experiences deep loneliness in the company of her own distant parents. As she grows, Mattie becomes more like family to Lisbeth than her own kin. Lisbeth's visits to the slaves’ quarters and their lively, loving community bring the two women closer together than ever.

The novel explores a central, profound question: Can two women in such disparate circumstances form a bond like theirs without consequence?

This deeply moving tale of unlikely love traces the journey of these very different women as each searches for freedom and dignity in a society designed to keep them apart.

Join us for this special event to hear Laila Ibrahim share the inspiration behind her work and discuss the complex themes of race, family, and the search for humanity in the face of profound adversity.

Free Event.
Read more about the book.

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