Before We Were Yours

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780425284704 Author(s): Lisa Wingate Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2019 Publisher: Random House USA Inc Pages: 384

Description: THE BLOCKBUSTER HITâOver two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerâPoignant, engrossing.ââPeople ⢠âLisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nationâs history and weaves a tale of enduring power.ââPaula McLainMemphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their familyâs Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in chargeâuntil strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Childrenâs Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parentsâbut they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facilityâs 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 fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her familyâs long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. Based on one of Americaâs most notorious real-life scandalsâin which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the countryâLisa Wingateâs 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 Week