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Book Review of Before We Were Yours

Before We Were Yours
Before We Were Yours
Author: Lisa Wingate
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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If you like historical fiction, give this a try. Set in the late 1930's, a family with five children live on a shanty boat off the Mississippi. When a medical emergency comes up with his wife, husband/father leave to take his wife to the hospital. What follows is an emotional, heart wrenching story, based on actual facts The Tennessee Children's Home Society existed in Memphis run by Georgia Tann. Lauded at the time as the pioneer of modern adoption, what unfolds for the residents is harrowing for many. Children for sale, human trafficing. Tied in to a prominent political family's past it makes for a compelling read.