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A review by ifersinklings
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is a heartbreaking fictionalized account of what happened during the terrorizing reign of Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children's home in the 1920s-1950. I wasn't aware of this situation and now I must go read all the things about this subject.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Grief
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Torture and Trafficking