The Grateful Reader Review: by Dorothy Schwab *Library Journal Publishers Weekly’s #3 Longest-Running Bestseller of 2017” – 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. based on a notorious true-life scandal.”…. End time may vary.Ĭan’t make it to the event? To request an autographed copy, please click on the "Add to Cart" button for the book and be sure to mention you'd like an autographed copy in comments portion of your order.Be sure to read this novel first! : “THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT–A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart. This event is free and open to the public. In a poignant culmination of art meeting life, long-silent victims of the tragically corrupt system return to Memphis to reclaim their stories with extraordinary results. Before and After includes moving accounts of the ways in which adoptees were separated from their first families and the many who were joyfully reunited decades later. She offered up more than 5,000 orphans-hiding the fact that many weren’t orphans at all, but stolen sons and daughters.
These are the true stories of the victims of a notorious adoption scandal-some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach.įrom the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a black-market baby business in Memphis. She will discuss and sign Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society ($26.00 Ballantine Books).
Judy Christie is an award-winning journalist and the author of eighteen books of both fiction and nonfiction. The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society, a History Book Talk & Signing
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