Before we were yours : a novel
Title
:
Before we were yours : a novel
Author
:
Wingate, Lisa author.
ISBN
:
9780425284681
Edition
:
1st ed.
Physical Description
:
342 pages ; 24 cm
Reading Level
:
HL 760 L Lexile
Subject Term
:
Siblings -- Fiction.
Poor children -- Fiction.
Orphanages -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Tennessee -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. South Carolina, Present Day. Avery Stafford has lived a charmed life. Loving daughter to her father, a U.S. Senator, she has a promising career as an assistant D.A. in Baltimore and is engaged to her best friend. But when Avery comes home to help her father weather a health crisis and a political attack, a chance encounter with a stranger leaves her deeply shaken. Avery's decision to learn more about the woman's life will take her on a journey through her family's long-hidden history. --
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Bayport Public Library | FICTION WIN | Fiction Collection |
Bayport Public Library | FICTION WIN | Fiction Collection |
Lake Elmo Library | FICTION WIN | Checked Out |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | FICTION WIN | Checked Out |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | FICTION WIN | Fiction Collection |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | FICTION WIN | Fiction Collection |
Stillwater Public Library | FICTION WIN | Checked Out |
Stillwater Public Library | FICTION WIN | Fiction Collection |
Valley Library (Lakeland) | FICTION WIN | Fiction Collection |
Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi) | FICTION WIN | Fiction Collection |