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Before we were yours : a novel / 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780425284681
- ISBN: 0425284689
- Physical Description: 342 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2017]
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | HL760L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 18 195183. |
| Awards Note: | Goodreads Choice Award Winner 2017 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Siblings > Fiction. Orphanages > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 69 of 87 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 87 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Montgomery City Public Library | F WIN (Text) | 31927000025037 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albany Carnegie Public Library | FIC WIN (Text)
In Memory of: Glenda Summa by Karen Dack
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35615000039293 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library | FIC WIN (Text) | 37884103078014 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Bollinger County Library | F WIN (Text) | 32713200007302 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Public Library | FIC WIN (Text) | 32512909360824 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Camdenton | FIC WINGATE (Text) | 31320003449571 | Adult Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| Camden County Library District - Stoutland | FIC WINGATE (Text) | 31320003585242 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Sunrise Beach | FIC WINGATE (Text) | 31320003443061 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cameron Public Library | FIC WIN (Text) | 32311111187586 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | WIN (Text) | 33042004520477 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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