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Family Drama
1930s
American South
“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 fiancé, 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.”
Before We Were Yours is historical fiction set in the American South
in the 1930s and tells the unknown and extraordinary tale of baby farming. It is
based on fact which makes it all the more engaging - you learn from this novel.
Teenage Rill is left alone to fend for
her four siblings when her father rushes her pregnant mother to hospital.
Within hours, their houseboat is stormed and the children are forced into an
orphanage. For orphanage read 'Baby Market' as the children slowly and
agonisingly discover that their parents will never come back and their slow
understanding is beautifully portrayed and gripping. The novel goes
back-and-forth with a modern day rich girl who also discovers gradually and
painfully that her own family have secrets - and if they come out then the
result will be devastating.
Now and then the novel loses our
attention as it meanders a little and the changes in points of view take time
to get used to but a great read and heart wrenching once you know it is based
on cold, hard facts.
© Jeffrey Manton
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