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Before We Were Yours

Lisa Wingate

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Why we're reading this: Awesome mixed genre. Historical fiction/contemporary fiction.
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Oct 17, 2018 Melike rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, southern-lit

I was really drawn to the story of stolen children in Memphis during the first half of the 20th century. It is hard to fathom how evil some people are and can hurt innocent children without a second thought. Lisa Wingate tells the story of the Foss children from two different perspectives: Rill's story takes us back in history and Avery's recounts the present day. I didn't care about the chapters with Avery as much, Stafford family bored me and Avery's love life was not interesting at all. Despi ...more

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Oct 12, 2018 Book Concierge rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, book-club, audio, concierge, strong-women, library, social-commentary, orphans, southern-lit, tennessee

Digital audio performed by Emily Rankin and Catherine Taber.
3.5***

A chance encounter with an elderly woman in a nursing home leads Avery Stafford to investigate her family’s history. What she uncovers is a shock to her. This historical novel is based on a shameful episode in Tennessee history, when babies were sold for profit and powerful people looked the other way.

Told with a dual time line – Rill’s story told in Depression-era Memphis, and Avery’s search for her family history in contempora ...more

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