圖書基本信息
Before We Were Yours
作者: Lisa Wingate;
ISBN13: 9780425284681
類型: 精裝(精裝書)
語種: 英語(English)
齣版日期: 2017-06-06
齣版社: Ballantine Books
頁數: 352
重量(剋): 566
尺寸: 23.622 x 15.494 x 3.302 cm
商品簡介
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a "thought-provoking and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal."* Memphis, 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. At the mercy of the facility'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 fianc', 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--Lisa Wingate'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.
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Library Journal Praise for Before We Were Yours "A story] of a family lost and found . . . a poignant, engrossing tale about sibling love and the toll of secrets."
--People "Sure to be one of the most compelling books you pick up this year. . . . Wingate is a master-storyteller, and you'll find yourself pulled along as she reveals the wake of terror and heartache that is Georgia Tann's legacy."
--Parade
"One of the year's best books . . . It is impossible not to get swept up in this near-perfect novel."
--The Huffington Post "Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation's history and weaves a tale of enduring power."
--Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of Circling the Sun
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