Bibliograph

Before we were yours, a novel, Lisa Wingate

Type

Label

Before we were yours, a novel, Lisa Wingate

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Before we were yours

Medium

sound recording

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

1043023459

Responsibility statement

Lisa Wingate

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"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

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

Classification