Before We Were Yours is a wonderful book. Both heartbreaking and hopeful, it is based on the true (and horrible) story of Georgia Tann, a woman who worked for the the Tennessee Children’s Home Society. In reality, she kidnapped thousands of poor children from struggling families and sold them to wealthy families through "adoptions".
The story follows a 12 year old girl named Rill in 1939 who lived on a shanty boat with her mother, father and siblings. While her parents were gone, Rill and her siblings were taken to the Tennessee Children’s Home Society where they were abused and starved while the staff found rich couples to pay to adopt them.
The story also follows a woman named Avery in present times who becomes a bit obsessed by the story of her grandmother, who seems to have some sort of secret that links Avery's story to Rill's.
While this is a novel, it is shocking to read knowing that stories like these happened in real life to thousands of families.
A fantastic novel that I highly recommend!
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