Large Print Material
Before we were yours / Lisa Wingate.
Record details
- ISBN: 1432839128 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781432839123 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781432839123 : HRD
- ISBN: 1432839128 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781432839123 (large print ; hardcover)
- ISBN: 1432839128 (large print ; hardcover)
- Physical Description: 605 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-592). |
| Summary, etc.: | 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 when 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 fiance, 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. |
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| Genre: | Large type books. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. |
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Available copies
- 14 of 20 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Public Library | LARGE TYPE WINGATE (Text) | 34030141662178 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ALP WIN (Text) | 33260000258419 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | F/WINGATE LARGE PRINT (Text) | 34029141689447 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | LP FIC WIN (Text) | 34014138128963 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Chester Public Library | LP WIN (Text) | 33210000514832 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Douglas Library of Hebron | LRG PRI FIC WIN (Text) | 33400140284418 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | LP FIC WINGATE,L (Text) | 34026139776772 | Adult Large Type | In transit | - |
| Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | LTE F WINGATE (Text) | 31953138194942 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Killingworth Library Association | LP FIC WIN (Text) | 33420145127594 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | WINGATE Lisa (Text) | 34013140788038 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Checked out | 04/25/2024 |
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