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Lisa Wingate is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Before We Were Yours, which remained on the bestseller list for over two years. Her award-winning works have been selected for state and community One Book reads, have been published in over forty languages, and have appeared on bestseller lists worldwide. The group Americans for More Civility, a kindness watchdog organization, selected Lisa and six others as recipients of the National Civics Award, which celebrates public figures who work to promote greater kindness and civility in American life. She lives in Texas and Colorado with her family and her deceptively cute little teddy bear of a dog, Huckleberry. Find her at www.lisawingate.com, on Facebook at LisaWingateAuthorPage, ...more

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Lisa Wingate Hi Susan, There has been some interest in a movie and/or in a TV special series, but no deal finalized. Wouldn't it be great to see the Foss family on…moreHi Susan, There has been some interest in a movie and/or in a TV special series, but no deal finalized. Wouldn't it be great to see the Foss family on their shantyboat? I'm hoping.(less)
Lisa Wingate Hello Tonni! Before We Were Yours was inspired by the history of Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children's Home Society. I wasn't familiar with the sc…moreHello Tonni! Before We Were Yours was inspired by the history of Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children's Home Society. I wasn't familiar with the scandal surrounding the TCHS orphan houses of the 30's and 40's, but after stumbling across the story, I was shocked and horrified that such a thing was possible in this country and not that long ago. I wanted to tell the stories that hadn't been told - those of the thousands of children who became caught in Georgia Tann's web. I did travel for research. Visits to Memphis were invaluable, as was spending time at Mud Island and along the river, learning about the life Rill and her siblings would have lived on the family's shantyboat before they're taken to the TCHS orphan house.(less)
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Book Tours, Hurricanes, and Dragonflies

After a summer at home working on the next book, it’s time for a short fall book tour. If you’re in NC, SC, or GA, I’d love to meet you and share the real-life history behind Before We Were Yours. For event details, Click Here.



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One last thought before I go pack my bags. As I leave

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If you want to know more about Dell and the other Tending Roses characters, read the Blue Sky Hill Books. In those 4 books, Dell appears so you get an update on her. Shasta is a main character in one of the books. The books are:
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I never say never, Angelica, but I'm not planning to. The characters are a fictional family. It would be extremely unrealistic for this many siblings to be reunited, so I didn't resolve the fate of every child. I'm leaving it to the mind of the reade See Full Answer
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UPDATE: The publisher's book club kit is now live and it's gorgeous! Shelterwood behind-the-scenes tour, historical photos, location pics, recipes and book club materials now at this link: https://www.randomhousebooks.com/wp-c... (**If you haven't re ...more
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"Shelterwood" masterfully intertwines the lives of two resilient women separated by nearly a century but connected by their courage and determination. The novel’s title is a tribute to the old shelterwood trees, which protect and" Read more of this review »
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Growing up, I was blind to my grandmother’s history, though not to her opinions. Those, she shared quite readily. She wasn’t soft. She wasn’t a coddler. She was a great storyteller, a spinner of yarns that held us rapt—tales of my grandfather’s ances ...more
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Chose this audiobook for a road trip with friends. Loved the narrator and the story. Great choice for a wide variety of listeners, from young to senior. Winding along old highways, it was easy to imagine the stir two passing giraffes might have cause ...more
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“Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibility He will place in your hands. Take time with them, teach them to have faith in God. Be a person in whom they can have faith. When you are old, nothing else you've done will have mattered as much.”
Lisa Wingate

“The hardest thing about the road not taken is that you never know where it might have led.”
Lisa Wingate, A Month of Summer

“But the love of sisters needs no words. It does not depend on memories, or mementos, or proof. It runs as deep as a heartbeat. It is as ever present as a pulse.”
Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

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This is the poll for January's Book of the Month - the book with the most votes will be the Group Read, and the book with the second most votes will be the Group Buddy Read.

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
 
  8 votes 25.8%

A Heart Most Certain (Teaville Moral Society #1) by Melissa Jagears A Heart Most Certain by Melissa Jagears
 
  5 votes 16.1%

The Promise of Breeze Hill (Natchez Trace #1) by Pam Hillman The Promise of Breeze Hill by Pam Hillman
 
  5 votes 16.1%

Persecuted I Will Not Be Silent by Robin Parrish Persecuted: I Will Not Be Silent by Robin Parrish
 
  4 votes 12.9%

Counted With the Stars (Out from Egypt, #1) by Connilyn Cossette Counted With the Stars by Connilyn Cossette
 
  3 votes 9.7%

You'll Think of Me by Robin Lee Hatcher You'll Think of Me by Robin Lee Hatcher
 
  2 votes 6.5%

Catch a Falling Star by Beth K. Vogt Catch a Falling Star by Beth K. Vogt
 
  2 votes 6.5%

River's Song (The Inn at Shining Waters, #1) by Melody Carlson River's Song by Melody Carlson
 
  1 vote 3.2%

The Well (The Living Water, #1) by Stephanie Landsem The Well by Stephanie Landsem
 
  1 vote 3.2%

31 total votes
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Kristine Lisa, thank you so much for being my Book Friend. I am just starting Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate and have loved your other books. Authors also know the best new books to read. Thank you and Congratulations on the new book; you deserve all the success you get 💗📚


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Donna Lisa,
I love your books. I have read some of them before I joined Good Reads and just love them. Hope to be a winner of one of your books from the giveaways on Good Reads.
Thanks for being a friend and a great author.
Donna


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Lisa Wingate Please see my website at lisawingate.com for my speaking and book events.


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