Before we were yours
Record details
- ISBN: 1432839128
- ISBN: 9781432839123
- Physical Description: 605 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017. ©2017.
- Copyright: 2017.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | HL760L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 18 195183. |
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Subject: | Genre Fiction > Historical Genre Fiction > Family Saga Orphanages Fiction Siblings Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Large print books. |
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Available copies
- 17 of 21 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
Holds
- 3 current holds with 21 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | LP FIC WINGATE (Text) | 31320003685570 | Large Print | Available | - |
Cameron Public Library | FIC WIN (Text) | 32311111194435 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Carrollton Public Library | FIC WIN LARGE PRINT (Text) | 30183000052681 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | LP F WIN 2017 (Text) | 0002205021203 | Adult Large Print | Checked out | 04/17/2024 |
De Soto Public Library | LPF WINGATE Lisa (Text) | 33858000012471 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Howard County Public Library | LP/Win (Text) | 34658000202189 | Large Print | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Arnold | LP F WINGATE Lisa (Text) | 30061000256871 | Large Print | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Windsor | LP F WINGATE Lisa (Text) | 30000024434676 | Large Print | Checked out | 03/21/2024 |
Keller Public Library-Dexter | A LP Fic Win (Text) | 135794 | Adult Large Print | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Huntsville | LP F WINGATE (Text) | 2004075015 | Large Print | Checked out | 04/13/2024 |
Summary:
Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale.---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 fiancé, 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.