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CKD (37 KP) rated Before We Were Yours in Books

Dec 7, 2018  
Before We Were Yours
Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.6 (11 Ratings)
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This book tells the stories of Rill Foss and Avery Stafford. Rill is a young girl growing up on the Mississippi River in 1939. Through an unfortunate series of events, she and her siblings are placed in the Tennessee Children's Home orphanage. Avery Stafford is a privileged young woman who has recently moved back to Aiken, SC to help her parents out. She stumbles across a mystery involving her grandmother on her paternal side which leads her to uncover Rill's story.

This book is based on actual events. The stories of Rill and Avery are fiction but some of the facts around the Tennessee Children's Home are factual. The kidnapping and eventual adoption of these "orphan" children was organized by Georgia Tann, Director. She had lots of influential people that looked the other way until she was eventually closed the center down after a state investigation into numerous instances of adoption fraud.
  
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ClareR (5789 KP) rated Becoming in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
Becoming
Becoming
Michelle Obama | 2019 | Biography, History & Politics
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8.9 (8 Ratings)
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Non-fiction isn't usually my 'cup of tea', so I started this with an element of trepidation. I needn't have worried. It's like listening to a more experienced friend telling you what they've done with their life (it would be a long chat, obviously).
From Michelle Obama's poor start in life, via her mother and father's interventions (actually, more her mother's) in her education and the sacrifices they made to give her the best education they could afford, to meeting Barack, getting married, having children, supporting his political life, all the while working herself. And she enjoyed her work. She's a strong woman. She gives an insight to the difficulties for black men and women in daily life, at academic institutions, and in work - especially those which are white dominated (which appears to be the majority).
She just comes across as an extremely likeable person. It was a fascinating book, and I really enjoyed it.
  
    Dead Lands

    Dead Lands

    Lloyd Paige

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    Dead Lands is a thrilling crime story set in the 1970s. When a woman's body is found a special team...