Before We Were Yours

By WINGATE, Lisa

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9780425284681
Publisher
Ballantine


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Reviewed on December 1, 2017  |  Adult Books Teens

Based upon the infamous Tennessee Children's Home Society child trafficking racket, this is a heartrending tale of two girls, two generations, and the power of family love. Twelve-year-old Rill is snatched from her riverboat home and forced into the institution, along with her four siblings, in 1939. Collusion between orphanage officials and the police in Memphis, from 1920 to 1950, enabled the forcible taking of poor children, who were adopted by wealthy families. Avery Stafford, born two generations later to an inf...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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