Book Review: Before We Were Yours

Book Review: Before We Were Yours

By: Lisa Wingate

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Yet another amazing book! Such a heart wrenching story based on historical truths. This was such a fun piece of writing to read and follow along as the mystery unfolds and the main characters discover themselves.

Rill and her siblings are stolen from their home and thrown into an orphanage. Their names, birthdays and parental history all changed so they can not be tracked down. Slowly the children are all separated into new homes.

Fast forward in time Avery is being groomed to take her father's place in politics and uncovers several secrets in her families past that send her on the journey of a life time and cause her to challenge her future.

Wingate's ability to transport you into the moment and feel as though you are part of the story. You can see the memories and feel them fading away. You can hear the children as the scream, laugh and play. You are a detective along side Avery as she tries to tie all the pieces to the puzzle in the proper places to unearth a life changing secret.

BOOK CLUB NOTES:

So I had the opportunity to pick and host this book! SOOOO much fun! I can't wait to pick and host another with our group.

Here are the discussion questions I used

* Of the Two story lines did you have a favorite? What one? Why did you favor that story line over the other?

* Adoption or foster care touches many families now. Do you have a connection? If it had happened like it did in the book how do you think it would have impacted your family?

* After reading the book did you compare the way of life now to the way of life back when Tann ran the roads? ie kids walking to school alone, who you allow to watch your kids ect

*Do you agree or disagree with the decision to keep their history to themselves? How would it have changed their lives if they had gone public?

* Do you feel like family secrets should die with the owner or do they belong to the family and the descendants? Should the descendant own up to the families past?

* What happen to each of the children? What became of each of them? Does the story say? What do you hope happened?

* At the end on the boat during the accident did the father survive? If you felt he did why did he abandon the girls?