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02119aam a2200337 4500 001 BEDBA954E16511E7BF0E531697128E48 003 SILO 005 20171215010027 008 171102s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1543622453 020 $a 9781543622454 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Ibrahim, Laila,. 245 10 $a Mustard seed / $c Laila Ibrahim. 264 1 $a Grand Haven, Michigan : $b Lake Union Publishing, $c 2017. 300 $a 8 discs : $b sound ; $c 4 3/4". 500 $a Includes discussion questions. 520 $a "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"--Page 4 of cover. 541 $d 20171205. 600 14 $a Families $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Slavery $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Freedmen $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Female Friendship $x Fiction. 651 0 $a Virginia $x History $y 19th century $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l SHPC094 $d 20171215012340.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BEDBA954E16511E7BF0E531697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search