Large Print Book
Before we were yours [text (large print)] / Lisa Wingate.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432839123
- ISBN: 1432839128
- Physical Description: 605 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Awards Note: | Goodreads Choice Awards: 2017 |
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| Subject: | Tann, Georgia, 1891-1950 > Fiction. Siblings > Fiction. Orphanages > Fiction. Poor families > Crimes against > Fiction. Kidnapping > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Large type books. Domestic fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County Library | WINGATE (Lisa) (Text) | 37814003165280 | LARGE PRINT - FICTION | Available | - | ||
| OTLD Heppner Branch | LP F WIN (Text) | 37818000270035 | Large Print | Available | - | ||
| The Dalles Wasco County Library | LP WINGA (Text) | 33892006221544 | Large Print | Available | - |
