Before We Were Yours: A Novel

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

THE BLOCKBUSTER HITâ€”Over two million copies sold! A New York Times,Â USA Today,Â Wall Street Journal,Â andÂ Publishers WeeklyÂ Bestseller

â€œPoignant, engrossing.â€â€”People â€¢ â€œLisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nationâ€™s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.â€â€”Paula McLain

Memphis, 1939.Â Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their familyâ€™s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in chargeâ€”until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Childrenâ€™s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parentsâ€”but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facilityâ€™s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.

Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancÃ©, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis,Â a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her familyâ€™s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.

Based on one of Americaâ€™s most notorious real-life scandalsâ€”in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the countryâ€”Lisa Wingateâ€™s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.

Publishers Weeklyâ€™sÂ #3 Longest-Running Bestseller of 2017Â â€¢Â Winner of the Southern Book PrizeÂ â€¢Â If All Arkansas Read the Same Book Selection

â€œSure to be one of the most compelling books you pick up this year. . . . Wingate is a master-storyteller, and youâ€™ll find yourself pulled along as she reveals the wake of terror and heartache that is Georgia Tannâ€™s legacy.â€â€”Parade
Country USA
Brand Ballantine Books
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-06-06
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9780425284698

Country	USA
Brand	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-06-06
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9780425284698

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

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