Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

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Before We Were Yours is an unforgettable, sad, and heartfelt story that is based on one of America's most tragic real-life scandals in which poor children were kidnapped, mistreated, and sold to wealthy families (1939).

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students' lives. \"An absorbing historical . . . enthralling.\"--Library Journal Bestselling author Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual \"Lost Friends\" advertisements that appeared…

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"No one gets to choose when or where to be born, but what happens after that is what you can imagine." — Abdi Nor Iftin The term "immigrant" did not come into being until the late eighteenth century,...

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Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

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