Before We Were Yours: A Novel by Lisa Wingate | Conversation Starters E-Book

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• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

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Before We Were Yours: A Novel by Lisa Wingate | Conversation Starters

  In Before We Were Yours, author Lisa Wingate explores the lives of families generations apart that are connected by a heartbreaking thread of history and tragedy. In 1939, Rill Foss, only twelve years old, must fend for herself and her siblings after they are taken to an orphanage. At the mercy of a cruel director and the adults in her life, Rill attempts to keep her siblings together and safe. In the present day, privileged young woman, Avery Stafford, has a chance encounter that leaves her questioning her family’s history and the reality of her birth. 

Before We Were Yours is based on the heartbreaking true scandal of Georgia Tann, a woman whose Memphis adoption center kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families. It became a multi-week USA Today bestseller. Authors praised the novel for its “heart-racing” and shocking tale of struggle, hope, and redemption.

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Introducing Before We Were Yours

LISA WINGATE’S BEFORE WE WERE YOURS IS ONE OF MANY books penned by the author that has received positive reviews and acclaim. Its themes of family, loyalty, struggle, and redemption have made it touching to many readers. The book is considered relatable and sensational, giving a modern voice to a horrifying reality of the past. The novel became a multi-week USA Today bestseller, receiving praise from fellow authors and readers alike. Many readers are drawn to the unique voices of the novel. Wingate’s twelve-year-old Rill proves a fearless and timeless narrator whose courage manages to capture the heart. Avery’s reflection and conflicts in attempting to learn the truth make her a relatable and vivid voice. Before We Were Yours is one of many novels Wingate has written that explores themes of family and self-reflection; her writing is popular for these characteristics.

Before We Were Yours follows the stories of two narrators connected through time and families. The first narrator is an unorthodox one—twelve-year-old Rill Foss is introduced to the reader as a powerful young girl, her character shining through when she is faced with danger and uncertainty. When her father rushes her mother to the hospital, Rill must take care of her younger siblings. Her life is thrown into chaos when strangers arrive at their front door to take the children, bringing them to an orphanage where they struggle to survive and stay together. The trauma of being torn from their family and the struggle they face as independent children in a strict orphanage play into the main conflict throughout her side of the story.