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LISA WINGATE - GEBRAUCHT BEFORE WE WERE YOURS -...

THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2017 BEST HISTORICAL
FICTION AWARD 'Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation's history and
weaves a tale of enduring power' Paula McLain Memphis  Tennessee  1939 Twelve-year-old Rill
Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River
shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night  Rill
is left in charge  until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and
thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage  the Foss children are assured that
they will soon be returned to their parents - but they quickly realize the dark truth... Aiken
South Carolina  present day Born into wealth and privilege  Avery Stafford seems to have it
all: a successful career  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 family's long-hidden
history  on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. Based on
one of America's most notorious real-life scandals  in which Georgia Tann  director of a
Memphis-based adoption organization  kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all
over the country  Before We Were Yours is a riveting  wrenching and ultimately uplifting tale.

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