Before We Were Yours
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate is a large print edition published by Gale, a Cengage Company on December 13, 2019. This novel unfolds in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1936, where the lives of the five Foss children are irrevocably altered when their parents leave them alone one stormy night. Rill Foss takes on the responsibility of protecting her younger siblings as they are forcibly taken from their home and placed under the care of Georgia Tann, the notorious director of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society.
The narrative also weaves in a contemporary storyline set in South Carolina, where Avery Stafford, a successful assistant D.A. and daughter of a U.S. senator, faces her own challenges. As she returns home to support her father during a health crisis, a chance encounter with a stranger prompts her to confront the past. This edition, comprising 604 pages, delves into themes of family life and the bonds between siblings, offering readers a poignant exploration of historical and personal narratives.
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“Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone … one stormynight. Rill Foss … must protect her four younger siblings as theyare wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into thecare 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”–
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