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Before We Were Yours

Lisa Wingate

Why we're reading this: It's a hopeful book with a positive message. While there are instances of child abuse, none mentioned are…more
[close] It's a hopeful book with a positive message. While there are instances of child abuse, none mentioned are graphic. There's no language or sex.

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Oct 04, 2018 Jen rated it it was amazing

Oh so sad but yet so good. This one is a tear jerker! 😭 What a beautiful story!! So nice to read a really meaningful story that isn’t mucked up with language and innuendo. And we all need a little love story in the background. Wish I knew what happened next for these characters, now that I’ve come to love them ...

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Jan 28, 2020 Karyn Tripp rated it really liked it

This book took a little bit for me to get into, but once I did, I could hardly put it down. The story was heartbreaking & hard to fathom. It is based on true events of children stolen and sold as orphans.

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Feb 08, 2019 Kristin rated it really liked it

Another unforgettable book. This is historical fiction set in 1939 Memphis, Tennessee. Again, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

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May 15, 2018 Stephanie rated it really liked it

I liked it and it was so interesting to hear about a piece of history, I had not heard about. I had never heard of Georgia Tann prior to this and based on the little I have read about this after the book, the author did a really good job integrating fictional characters into a real story. I will say, if you struggle with stories about hard things happening to kids this is not the story for you. It’s appalling to think this actually happened. But Lisa Wingate tells the story in a beautiful way an ...more

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Aug 17, 2018 Jessica rated it it was amazing

I have a hard time understanding how people, especially the women in this story, can be so heartless, cruel, evil & full of greed. I had no idea that this horrific thing took place in the early to mid 1900s. My heart broke for these families and children that were torn apart by the evil and greed filled intentions of a couple of women.

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Jun 01, 2018 Brooke rated it really liked it

This was such a painful and riveting story. So hard to believe that this was going on in America all those years. It was eye opening and caused me to reflect on the value of family bonds over the years.

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