Parnassus Book Club discusses Before We Were Yours

Join moderator Kathy Schultenover for a discussion of Lisa Wingate’s book Before We Were Yours. Parnassus Book Club meetings are free and open to anyone.  Buy the book, read the book and join the discussion.

Memphis, 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. At the mercy of the facility’s real-life director, the cruel Georgia Tann, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together.

Aiken, South Carolina, present day.  Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career, a handsome fiance’, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when she 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.

Event date: 
Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 10:30am
Event address: 
Parnassus Books
3900 Hillsboro Pike Suite 14
Nashville, TN 37215
Books: 
Before We Were Yours: A Novel By Lisa Wingate Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780425284704
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ballantine Books - May 21st, 2019