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Before we were yours : a novel / Lisa Wingate.

Wingate, Lisa, (author.).

Summary:

"Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care 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. Avery's decision to learn more about the woman's life will take her on a journey through her family's long-hidden history"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780425284681
  • ISBN: 0425284689
  • Physical Description: 342 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
HL760L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 18 195183.
Awards Note:
Goodreads Choice Award Winner 2017
Subject: Siblings > Fiction.
Orphanages > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 71 of 90 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Poplar Bluff Municipal Library District. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Poplar Bluff - Main Library.

Holds

  • 11 current holds with 90 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Poplar Bluff - Main Library FIC WINGATE (Text) 38420101830673 FICTION Available -
Poplar Bluff - Main Library FIC WINGATE (Text)
Memorial: In Memory Of: Emily Wolpers. Presented By: Kathy Bohannon.
38420101834139 FICTION Available -


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