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A heartbreaking story of love and loss, based on a true story.
Memphis, Tennessee, 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, until 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...
Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career, 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.
The incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a
notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel
Before We Were Yours From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a
corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society in
Memphis. She offered up more than 5,000 orphans tailored to the
wish lists of eager parents - hiding the fact that many weren't
orphans at all, but stolen sons and daughters of poor families,
desperate single mothers, and women told in maternity wards that
their babies had died. In Before and After, many survivors set out
to trace their roots and find their birth families. Before and
AFter includes moving and shocking accounts of the ways in which
adoptees were separated from their first families. Often raised as
only children, many have joyfully reunited with siblings in the
final decades of their lives. There are stories of first meetings
that are all the sweeter and more intense for time missed, and of
families from very different social backgrounds reaching out to
embrace brothers, sisters, and cousins. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
ABOUT BEFORE AND AFTER 'What a truly amazing book' ***** 'Riveting'
***** 'Captivating and emotional' ***** 'A real tear-jerker' *****
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A sudden shift in a hurricane's course cancels senior citizen
Donetta's cruise at the last minute. Thrown together with a young
woman named Kai, Donetta leads a group of evacuees back to Daily,
Texas, where the charm of the town--and the high school coach--has
Kai rethinking her drifter existence. Donetta, on the other hand,
is contemplating moving on from her floundering marriage. As more
people seek refuge in the small town, can they transition from
merely surviving to truly thriving?
Lisa Wingate Is a Top Name in Inspirational Contemporary Romance
At thirty-four, congressional staffer Mallory Hale is about to
embark on an adventure completely off the map. After a whirlwind
romance, she is hopelessly in love with two men--fortunately,
they're related. Daniel Everson and his little boy, Nick, are a
package deal, and Mallory suddenly can't imagine her future without
them.
Mallory couldn't be more shocked when Daniel asks her to marry him,
move to Texas, and form a family with him and motherless Nick. The
idea is both thrilling and terrifying.
Mallory takes a leap of faith and begins a sweet, mishap-filled
journey into ranch living, Moses Lake society, and a marriage that
at times reminds her of the mail-order-bride stories. But despite
the wild adventure of her new life, she discovers secrets and
questions beneath her rosy new life. Can she find answers on
Firefly Island, a little chunk of property just off the lakeshore,
where mysterious lights glisten at night?
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Wingate captures the heart
and faith of small-town America in Talk of the Town. Daily, Texas,
has never really been known for much until Amber Anderson becomes a
finalist on a television singing show. The producers want to stage
a surprise concert for one of the final episodes--only everyone in
town seems to know the secret. And paparazzi are arriving. And word
from Hollywood is that Amber has disappeared with a bad-boy actor.
Can anything go right in this tumbleweed town? Widow Imagene Doll
loves her town, but without her beloved husband, life seems
lonely--and a bit dull. At least until that fancy-dressed
television producer pulls into town, looking terrified and
glamorous all at once. Soon life's not the least bit boring as the
town finds itself at the center of a media maelstrom . . . with a
young girl's future on the line.
"Lisa Wingate writes with depth and warmth, joy and wit."--Debbie
Macomber
Heather Hampton returns to Moses Lake, Texas, to help facilitate
the sale of a family farm as part of a planned industrial plant
that will provide the area with much-needed jobs. Heather's future
fiance has brokered the deal, and Heather is in line to do her
first large-scale architectural design--if the deal goes through.
But the currents of Moses Lake have a way of taking visitors on
unexpected journeys. What was intended to be a quick trip suddenly
morphs into Valentine's week--with Blaine Underhill, the handsome
banker who just happens to be opposing Heather's project. Spending
the holiday in an ex-funeral parlor seems like a nightmare, but
Heather slowly finds herself being drawn into the area's history,
hope, and heart.
When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away
in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental
cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of
cleaning out Iola's rambling Victorian house.Running from a messy,
dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find more than a temporary
hiding place within Iola's walls, but everything changes with the
discovery of eighty-one carefully decorated prayer boxes, one for
each year, spanning from Iola's youth to her last days. Hidden in
the boxes is the story of a lifetime, written on random bits of
paper--the hopes and wishes, fears and thoughts of an unassuming
but complex woman passing through the seasons of an extraordinary,
unsung life filled with journeys of faith, observations on love,
and one final lesson that could change everything for Tandi.
A tragedy chased Lauren Eldridge from her hometown of Daily, Texas,
two years ago, but she can't say no to helping her father after a
risky film investment. She returns to train a skittish racehorse
for the big screen and runs into the movie's handsome screenwriter,
Nate. Both doubt the project can get off the ground, but does the
attraction between them stand a chance? It would force Lauren to
face the pain and guilt of her past, and learn not only how to
accept forgiveness but also to forgive herself.
THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT--Over two million copies sold! A New York
Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly
Bestseller Look for Lisa Wingate's powerful new historical novel,
The Book of Lost Friends, available now! "Poignant,
engrossing."--People - "Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable
chapter in our nation's history and weaves a tale of enduring
power."--Paula McLain 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--until 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. Publishers
Weekly's #3 Longest-Running Bestseller of 2017 - Winner of the
Southern Book Prize - If All Arkansas Read the Same Book Selection
First in a new series from a national bestselling author whose
anovels [are] like those of Nicholas Sparks and Richard Paul
Evans.a("Bryan-College Station Eagle")
For Rebecca Macklin, an ordinary summer brings about an
extraordinary change of heart when she discovers that her aging
father has been wandering the Dallas streets alone, and his wife,
Hanna Beth, has landed in a nursing home. Now Rebecca must put
aside old resentments and return to her childhood home. In this
moving story of separation and forgiveness, two women will unravel
the betrayals of the past and discover the true meaning of family.
ECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Finalist When Iola Anne Poole, an
old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one,
the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese,
finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola's rambling
Victorian house.Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never
expects to find more than a temporary hiding place within Iola's
walls, but everything changes with the discovery of eighty-one
carefully decorated prayer boxes, one for each year, spanning from
Iola's youth to her last days. Hidden in the boxes is the story of
a lifetime, written on random bits of paper--the hopes and wishes,
fears and thoughts of an unassuming but complex woman passing
through the seasons of an extraordinary, unsung life filled with
journeys of faith, observations on love, and one final lesson that
could change everything for Tandi.
"With love and loss tangled together, how was she to know where her
life would lead?
"
Allie Kirkland has always heard the call of her father's unfinished
destiny. When she's offered a production assistant's job on a
docudrama filming in the hills near Moses Lake, Texas, the dream of
following in her director-father's footsteps suddenly seems within
reach. The reenactment of the legendary frontier settlement of
Wildwood is a first step into the film industry. A summer on set in
the wilderness is a small price to pay for a dream.
But in 1861, the real Wildwood held dangerous realities. Town
founder Harland Delavan held helpless residents, including young
Irish schoolteacher Bonnie Rose, in an iron grip. Mysterious
disappearances led to myths and legends still retold in the
region's folk songs. Eventually, the entire site was found
abandoned.
When filming begins, strange connections surface between Allie and
the teacher who disappeared over a century ago, and everyone in
Wildwood--including Blake Fulton, Allie's handsome neighbor on the
film set--seems to be hiding secrets. Allie doesn't know whom she
can trust. If she can't find the answers in time, history may
repeat itself...with the most unthinkable results.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A tale of enduring power' Paula
McLain From the author of the No.1, two million-copy bestseller
Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic story of a family separated,
their search for answers, and an epic journey to reunite the
missing . . . Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous aftermath of
Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions
on a perilous quest. For heiresses Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the
journey is one of inheritance and financial desperation, but for
Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery's end, the
pilgrimage westward reignites an agonizing question. Could her
long-lost family still be out there? Louisiana, 1987: Arriving in
Augustine, Louisiana, first-year teacher Benedetta Silva finds
herself teaching students whose poverty-stricken lives she can
scarcely comprehend. The town is impossibly set in its ways,
suspicious of new ideas and new people. But amid the gnarled live
oaks and ancient plantation homes lies the century-old history of
three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could
change everything. A heart-wrenching novel inspired by little-known
historical events, based on actual "Lost Friends" advertisements
that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as freed
slaves desperately searched for loved ones, lost to them when their
families were sold off. 'Tragic, thought-provoking but ultimately
uplifting . . . an enthralling adventure' Lancashire Evening Post
Adventure is the last thing on Andrea Henderson's mind when she
moves to Moses Lake. After surviving the worst year of her life,
she's struggling to build a new life for herself and her son as a
social worker. Perhaps in doing a job that makes a difference, she
can find some sense of purpose and solace in her shattered faith.
For new Moses Lake game warden Mart McClendon, finding a sense of
purpose in life isn't an issue. He took the job to get out of
southwest Texas and the constant reminders of a tragedy for which
he can't forgive himself.
But when a little girl is seen with the town recluse, Mart and
Andrea are drawn together in the search for her identity. The
little girl offers them both a new chance at redemption and
hope--and may bring them closer than either ever planned.
The lessons that most enrich our lives often come at unexpected
moments and from unlikely places. That's what Katie Benson learns
when she moves temporarily--with her husband Ben and baby son--to
her grandmother's Missouri farm. She arrives at a time of crisis
and indecision--struggling with the demands of being a new mother,
a not-so-new wife, and a well-meaning but often impatient
granddaughter. The family has assigned her and Ben the job of
convincing Grandma Rose, who's become increasingly stubborn and
forgetful, to move off the land that means so much to her and into
a nursing home. Katie knows such a change would break her
grandmother's heart. But what is right for her grandmother? And
what is right for herself and her family?
Just when Katie despairs of finding answers, she discovers her
grandmother's journal. A beautiful handmade notebook, it is full of
heartwarming stories that celebrate the virtue of patience, the
power of love, and the importance of family, friendship, and faith.
Stories that make Katie see her life--and her grandmother--in a
completely new way...and lead her toward a new, more meaningful
future...
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A tale of enduring power' Paula
McLain From the author of the No.1, two million-copy bestseller
Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic story of a family separated,
their search for answers, and an epic journey to reunite the
missing . . . Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous aftermath of
Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions
on a perilous quest. For heiresses Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the
journey is one of inheritance and financial desperation, but for
Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery's end, the
pilgrimage westward reignites an agonizing question. Could her
long-lost family still be out there? Louisiana, 1987: Arriving in
Augustine, Louisiana, first-year teacher Benedetta Silva finds
herself teaching students whose poverty-stricken lives she can
scarcely comprehend. The town is impossibly set in its ways,
suspicious of new ideas and new people. But amid the gnarled live
oaks and ancient plantation homes lies the century-old history of
three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could
change everything. A heart-wrenching novel inspired by little-known
historical events, based on actual "Lost Friends" advertisements
that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as freed
slaves desperately searched for loved ones, lost to them when their
families were sold off. 'Tragic, thought-provoking but ultimately
uplifting . . . an enthralling adventure' Lancashire Evening Post
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