New Releases by Lisa Wingate

Par l''autrice du best-seller Les Enfants du fleuve : l''histoire de femmes qui, d''un siècle à l''autre, luttent pour protéger les enfants et les terres de l''avidité et de la cruauté des hommes. 1990. À peine arrivée au nouveau parc national de Horsethief Trail, Valerie, garde forestière, doit gérer les controverses locales, la disparition d''une adolescente et la découverte d''un mystérieux site funéraire. Dans sa quête de vérité, elle va se heurter à l''histoire tragique de cette terre en plongeant dans un passé meurtrier que beaucoup cherchent à oublier... 1909. Olive, onze ans, sait que son beau-père représente une menace pour les deux jeunes autochtones placées chez eux. Lorsque l''aînée disparaît, Ollie s''enfuit dans les bois avec Nessa, six ans. Ensemble, elles entament la périlleuse traversée d''un territoire peuplé de hors-la-loi. En chemin, Ollie et Nessa se joignent à d''autres enfants en fuite qui luttent pour conserver leur avance sur ceux qui veulent les exploiter... ou pire encore.

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER • “Wingate’s stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region’s history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes “a sweeping tale about little known history” (People). 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. Val’s quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw Nation’s Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself. 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own. In this gripping novel, Lisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its riches, Ollie and Val each leave behind one life in search of another.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours explores the connection between our hearts and our pasts in this emotional novel in the Tending Roses series.... Once trapped in a world of poverty and neglect, Dell Jordan knows she was one of the lucky ones. Adopted at thirteen, she was loved, mentored, and encouraged to pursue her passion for music. By twenty, her future has expanded in exciting new directions—a year abroad with a traveling symphony, teaching music to orphans in Ukraine, and applying for a scholarship to Julliard. But underneath Dell’s smoothly polished surface lurk mysteries from the past. Why did her mother abandon her? Who was her father? Are there faces somewhere that look like hers—blood relatives she’s never met? Determined to find answers, and unable to share her emotional uncertainty with her adoptive family, Dell sets off on a secret journey into Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Mountains. Drawn by the only remaining link to her origins—a father’s Native American name on her birth certificate—she travels into quiet wooded valleys, into the heart of the modern Choctaw Nation. There she will find connections to a long and proud heritage and begin to answer the questions of her heart. In the voices of her ancestors, she’ll discover the keys to a future unlike anything she could have imagined.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives. “An absorbing historical . . . enthralling.”—Library Journal Bestselling author Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as newly freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold away. Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Hannie, a freed slave; Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now destitute plantation; and Juneau Jane, Lavinia’s Creole half sister. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following roads rife with vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of stolen inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery’s end, the pilgrimage west reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope. Louisiana, 1987: For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket to canceling her hefty student debt—until she lands in a tiny, out-of-step Mississippi River town. Augustine, Louisiana, is suspicious of new ideas and new people, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled live oaks and run-down plantation homes lie the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.

”Det här är lite Toni Morrison blandat med Huckleberry Finn. ... det blir en odyssé genom USA.” Jenny Lindh i Nyhetsmorgon, TV4 Efterlängtad historisk roman av författaren till Innan ni tog oss. I den turbulenta tiden efter det amerikanska inbördeskriget ger sig 18-åriga Hannie ut på en farofylld resa för att hitta sin mor och de åtta syskon som alla fördes bort av slavhandlare. Hennes dyrbaraste ägodel är tre blå glaspärlor som hon fick av sin mormor som ett kännetecken. Drömmen är att familjen en dag ska återförenas och att pärlhalsbandet ska bli komplett igen. 1987 börjar Benny Silva arbeta i en skola i en fattig stad i Louisiana. Både elever och föräldrar saknar framtidshopp och har tappat kontakten med sina rötter. Men en dag hittar Benny en hundra år gammal bok som kommer att förändra allt. "En riktigt härlig sydstatsroman berättad i två tidsplan ... både en historisk skildring som bygger på verkliga händelser, en äventyrsroman och naturligtvis en kärlekshistoria. Här finns både drag från Borta med vinden och Huckleberry Finn. /.../ jag kunde inte släppa boken." Karlstads-Tidningen "Åh, vilken berättelse. Jag älskade ju Innan de tog oss, men aldrig kunde jag tro att författaren skulle skriva en ny bok som tog mig med storm. /.../ Författaren lyckas få till magin så att jag färdas genom både tid och rum och allt blir verkligt. Jag kan inte slita mig från berättelsen förrän den är slut och då känns det konstigt att lämna bokens miljöer. Vilken fin läsupplevelse!" Boktokig

From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children''s Home Society in Memphis. She offered up more than 5,000 orphans tailored to the wish lists of eager parents - hiding the fact that many weren''t orphans at all, but stolen sons and daughters of poor families, desperate single mothers, and women told in maternity wards that their babies had died. In Before and After, many survivors set out to trace their roots and find their birth families. Before and After includes moving and shocking accounts of the ways in which adoptees were separated from their first families. Often raised as only children, many have joyfully reunited with siblings in the final decades of their lives. There are stories of first meetings that are all the sweeter and more intense for time missed, and of families from very different social backgrounds reaching out to embrace brothers, sisters, and cousins.

Louisiana 1875: I den turbulente tiden etter borgerkrigen legger den unge slavejenta Hannie ut på en farefull ferd mot Texas for å finne moren og de åtte søsknene som alle i sin tid ble bortført av slavehandlere og solgt videre. Hannie har tre blå glassperler fra bestemorens halskjede som hun vokter som en skatt. Perlene ble fordelt til søsken og søskenbarn sånn at de skulle ha et kjennetegn hvis det gikk mange år før de ble gjenforent. Målet er at en dag skal alle samles og perlekjedet bli komplett igjen. Louisiana 1987: Den nyutdannede læreren Benny Silva takker ja til å jobbe på en skole i en fattig, avsidesliggende by for å få nedbetalt studielånet. Hun er rystet over boforholdene til elevene, samtidig som hun med sin akademiske bakgrunn blir møtt med skepsis fra foreldrene. Men en dag finner hun en helt spesiell og over hundre år gammel bok som skal komme til å forandre alt.

Learning that her grandmother was a victim of the corrupt Tennessee Children''s Home Society, attorney and aspiring politician Avery Stafford delves into her family''s past and begins to wonder if some things are best kept secret.

Com mais de um milhão de exemplares vendidos nos EUA e baseado num escândalo real envolvendo o sequestro e a venda de crianças pobres para famílias ricas, Segredos de família é um romance fascinante e inspirador. Memphis, 1939. Rill Foss, de doze anos, e seus quatro irmãos mais novos vivem uma vida mágica com seus pais a bordo de um barco no rio Mississípi. A mãe está grávida do sexto filho e, ao sofrer complicações durante o parto, é levada às pressas para o hospital. Rill é encarregada de tomar conta dos irmãos, até que estranhos invadem o barco que as crianças chamavam de casa, arrancando-as de tudo o que lhes era familiar e jogando-as em um orfanato no Tennessee. À mercê da cruel diretora da instituição, uma mulher sem escrúpulos envolvida em um impiedoso esquema de tráfico de crianças, Rill luta para manter seus irmãos juntos num mundo perigoso e incerto. Aiken, Carolina do Sul, dias de hoje. Nascida em uma família rica e poderosa, Avery Stafford parecia ter tudo: uma carreira de sucesso como promotora, um noivo bonito e promissor, e uma luxuosa festa de casamento à vista. Quando ela retorna a sua cidade natal para ajudar o pai, um político influente que está às voltas com um escândalo de opinião pública e um grave problema de saúde, um encontro casual com uma senhora durante uma vista oficial a uma clínica geriátrica a faz seguir uma jornada pelo passado de sua família, um caminho que acabará revelando histórias enterradas e fazendo com que Avery repense as suas escolhas e tudo aquilo que considerava como a sua verdade. Best-seller em mais de vinte países e baseado em uma história real que fez com que milhares de famílias norte-americanas revissem suas origens e os segredos escondidos em seu passado, Segredos de família alterna passado e presente para mostrar o poder de duas mulheres fortes, dispostas a vencer todos os obstáculos para defender suas famílias e reinventar suas próprias vidas, ligadas por um vínculo muito mais intenso do que jamais poderiam imaginar.

"Peu importe les chemins empruntés, le coeur se souvient toujours d''où l''on vient. Memphis, 1939. Par une nuit pluvieuse, Rill Foss, douze ans, et ses quatre frère et soeurs sont enlevés par des inconnus. Emmenés loin de la péniche familiale et des bords du Mississippi, jetés dans un orphelinat, les enfants réalisent bien vite qu''ils ne reverront plus leurs parents. La mystérieuse Société des foyers d''accueil du Tennessee vient de sceller leur sort à tout jamais. Caroline du Sud, de nos jours. Avery Stafford, jeune avocate épanouie à qui tout semble sourire, est de retour dans la ville de son enfance. Lors d''une visite à sa grand-mère, cette dernière tient un discours étrange qui remet en cause toutes ses certitudes : quelle est vraiment l''histoire de sa famille ? D''où vient-elle ? Troublée, Avery commence à enquêter..."--Quatrième de couverture.

El libro que ha arrasado por sorpresa en las listas de Estados Unidos, basado en el impactante caso de niños robados que conmocionó al país. Aunque la vida nos lleve por diferentes caminos, el corazón siempre recuerda a dónde pertenece. Memphis, 1939 Rill Foss y sus cuatro hermanos pequeños disfrutan de una infancia mágica en su casa-barco en el Misisipi. Hasta que una noche de tormenta sus padres tienen que correr al hospital y unos desconocidos llegan para llevárselos a la fuerza al orfanato. Aunque les aseguran que su estancia allí será solo temporal, Rill pronto se dará cuenta de la terrible verdad. Y de que tendrá que luchar con todas sus fuerzas para mantener juntos a sus hermanos en un mundo de crueldad e incertidumbre. Aiken, Carolina del Sur, en la actualidad Avery Stafford ha vivido una vida de riqueza y privilegio, tiene una exitosa carrera política y pronto va a casarse con su encantador prometido. Pero un encuentro fortuito suscita dolorosas preguntas que la empujan a investigar en la historia oculta de su familia... y a destapar secretos que pueden llevarla a la destrucción o la redención. Una conmovedora novela inspirada en el escándalo real de la organización de adopciones que durante treinta años secuestró y vendió niños desfavorecidos a familias acomodadas por todo el país. ** En los primeros puestos de USA Today, Amazon y The New York Times. ** Mejor novela histórica del año para los lectores de Goodreads. La crítica ha dicho... «Uno de los mejores libros del año... Es imposible no dejarte atrapar por esta novela prácticamente perfecta. Se lleva tu corazón desde la primera página.» The Huffington Post «Una novela fantástica.» Publishers Weekly «La historia de una familia perdida y encontrada... Un relato cautivador y muy emotivo sobre el amor fraternal y el peso de los secretos.» People «Con seguridad este va a ser uno de los libros más apasionantes de este año... Wingate es una maestra en el arte de contar historias.» Parade «Una historia sincera y genuina.» Historical Novels Review «De cuando en cuando encuentro una novela que me enamora, y Antes de que llegaras de Lisa Wingate es uno de esos libros... Tomen nota: esta puede ser la mejor novela del año.» Shreveport Times «Una historia compleja y que invita a pensar sobre dos familias separadas por dos generaciones... Basada en un famoso escándalo real.» Library Journal

Gennem tredive år kidnappede børnehjemsforstanderinden Georgia Tann fattige børn fra Sydstaterne og solgte dem til rige familier i hele USA. Inden vi blev jeres er en gribende roman baseret på denne skæbnesvangre og virkelige historie og er en bog til alle, der elskede Sarahs nøgle og Pigen uden navn. En stormfuld aften i 1939 efterlades den tolvårige Rill Foss og hendes fire små søskende alene på familiens husbåd på Mississippi-floden, da deres mor i al hast må fragtes til hospitalet. Næste morgen dukker et par politibetjente op og tvinger børnene til at tage med sig. De forsikrer dem om, at de nok skal blive genforenet med deres forældre, men i stedet for havner de på et usselt børnehjem, hvor Rill må kæmpe for at holde søskendeflokken samlet. Godt 75 år senere kaldes Avery Stafford hjem til South Carolina, da hendes far har brug for at have hende ved sin side, mens han fører valgkamp som senator. Under et besøg på et lokalt plejehjem møder Avery en ældre dame, der er fast overbevist om, at hun kender hende, og Avery tvinges til at grave i sin egen families fortid for at finde ud af, om der virkelig er en forbindelse eller ej. Pressen skriver: »... spændende og gribende slægtshistorie ...« **** – Nordjyske »... en pageturner.« **** – Bogrummet.dk »Lisa Wingate er en fantastisk fortæller, der med ’Inden vi blev jeres’ har skrevet en hjerteskærende og uforglemmelig skæbnefortælling om en sort periode i adoptionens historie.« – Litteratursiden »Læs den – en roman der går ind under huden.« – Ugeavisen Ringkøbing »Lisa Wingate har begået en brutal og hjerteskærende roman ...« – Litfix

Eine Familie, vier Schwestern. Ein Unglück, das sie für immer trennt. Eine Liebe, die sie auf ewig eint. Der bewegende SPIEGEL-Bestseller, inspiriert von einer wahren Geschichte. Für Avery hat das Leben keine Geheimnisse. Bis sie auf May trifft. Die 90-Jährige erkennt ihr Libellenarmband, ein Erbstück, und besitzt auch ein Foto von Averys Großmutter. Was hat diese Frau mit ihrer Familie zu tun? Bald stößt Avery auf ein Geheimnis, das sie zurück in ein dunkles Kapitel der Geschichte führt ... Memphis, 1939: Die junge Rill lebt mit ihren Eltern und Geschwistern in einem Hausboot auf dem Mississippi. Als die Kinder eines Tages allein sind, werden sie in ein Waisenhaus verschleppt. Rill hat ihren Eltern versprochen, auf ihre Geschwister aufzupassen. Ein Versprechen, das sie nicht brechen will, ihr aber mehr abverlangt, als sie geben kann ...

La levigata esistenza di Avery Stafford, procuratore federale nella Carolina del Sud, si circonda da sempre dei privilegi che appartengono alla ricchezza economica, alle eccellenti relazioni, alla soddisfazione che dà una professione prestigiosa. Il suo fidanzato presto le chiederà, per come sono messe le cose, di sposarla. Niente male. Ma l''incontro inatteso con una donna ricoverata, come la nonna, in un istituto, un incontro che una persona più superficiale di lei avrebbe relegato nel quaderno delle situazioni spiacevoli (da dimenticare prima possibile), le punge il cuore. Un piccolo dettaglio, un perturbamento che le rimane incollato addosso. Chi era quella donna? cosa voleva dirle? Perché ora Avery non riesce a togliersi quella sensazione di un mondo parallelo che lei non ha, o forse non ha voluto mai intuire. E qui è necessario fare un passo indietro. Memphis, 1939. La dodicenne Rill Foss e i suoi quattro fratelli più piccoli vengono strappati alla loro vita magica a bordo di un battello sul Mississippi. È bastato che i genitori si allontanassero per una notte. Rapiti e condotti in un orfanotrofio del Tennessee, i bambini Foss sperano che i genitori vengano a salvarli ma la realtà è ben più cruda. La prospettiva è quella di essere venduti a ricche famiglie che non hanno figli e, tramite la crudele direttrice, così accadrà. Come potrà succedere che questa drammatica vicenda trovi dolorosamente la sua strada verso la coscienza di Avery e, dopo più di mezzo secolo, le apra gli occhi su un segreto che la sua famiglia ha nascosto da lungo tempo? Il cuore non dimentica mai il luogo a cui apparteniamo e per trovare il coraggio di amare occorre intraprendere quel viaggio.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours. From modern-day Roanoke Island to the sweeping backdrop of North Carolina''s Blue Ridge Mountains and Roosevelt''s WPA folklore writers, past and present intertwine to create an unexpected destiny. Restaurant owner Whitney Monroe is desperate to save her business from a hostile takeover. The inheritance of a decaying Gilded Age hotel on North Carolina''s Outer Banks may provide just the ray of hope she needs. But things at the Excelsior are more complicated than they seem. Whitney''s estranged stepfather is entrenched on the third floor, and the downstairs tenants are determined to save the historic building. Searching through years of stored family heirlooms may be Whitney''s only hope of quick cash, but will the discovery of an old necklace and a Depression-era love story change everything? Beautiful and heartfelt with themes of family, forgiveness, and hope Features clean, sweet romance Includes discussion questions for book clubs

From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours! I want to be like this stretch of freshly cleared shore. At times I think, I''m ready. Let the waves wash over me. But then I catch myself running from the tide just before it happens . . . New York editor Jen Gibbs knew when she bought Evan Hall''s next blockbuster book, it would change her career. She didn''t know it would change her life. But after being sent along on the European book tour, at Evan''s request, she has made a promise she''s not sure she can keep—she''s crossed professional lines and accepted Evan''s surprising engagement proposal. Now she''s scared to death. In Jen''s family, marriage represents the death of every dream a woman holds for herself. Can the revelation of her mother''s long-held secret open the doors to Jen''s future and change her beliefs about life and love?

" Not since To Kill a Mockingbird has a story impacted me like this." – COLLEEN COBLE, USA Today bestselling author of Seagrass Pier "Wingate is, quite simply, a master storyteller. Her story-within-a-story, penned with a fine, expressive style, will captivate writers and nonwriters alike." – Booklist Successful New York editor, Jen Gibbs, is at the top of her game with her new position at Vida House Publishing – until a mysterious manuscript from an old slush pile appears on her desk. Turning the pages, Jen finds herself drawn into the life of Sarra, a mixed-race Melungeon girl trapped by dangerous men in the turn of the century Appalachia. A risky hunch may lead to The Story Keeper''s hidden origins and its unknown author, but when the trail turns toward the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place Jen thought she''d left behind forever, the price of a blockbuster next book deal may be higher than she''s willing to pay. A beautifully written contemporary novel with hints of romance Themes of forgiveness, family, returning home, and navigating brokenness Includes discussion questions for book clubs

From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours! Elizabeth Gallagher has been balancing on the ragged edge for a while now. Then a rough case on the boards of her 911 operator''s job collides with a family conflict at home, and Elizabeth finds herself finally coming apart at the seams. A four-state road trip—trapped in a car with her mother—is the last thing she needs. Their destination may be beautiful Hatteras Island, but the reason for going is anything by pleasant. After one disastrous hurricane, and with a second one working its way up the coast, it''s time to convince Aunt Sandy to abandon her little seaside store on North Carolina''s Outer Banks and return to the family fold in Michigan. But when the storm sweeps through, the three women will discover that sisterhood and the sea can change hearts, lives, and futures . . . often in the most unpredictable of ways.

When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds eighty-one carefully decorated prayer boxes, one for each year, spanning from Iola''s youth to her last days. Hidden in the boxes is the story of a lifetime, written on random bits of paper.

"Lisa Wingate writes with depth and warmth, joy and wit."--Debbie Macomber Heather Hampton returns to Moses Lake, Texas, to help facilitate the sale of a family farm as part of a planned industrial plant that will provide the area with much-needed jobs. Heather''s future fiance has brokered the deal, and Heather is in line to do her first large-scale architectural design--if the deal goes through. But the currents of Moses Lake have a way of taking visitors on unexpected journeys. What was intended to be a quick trip suddenly morphs into Valentine''s week--with Blaine Underhill, the handsome banker who just happens to be opposing Heather''s project. Spending the holiday in an ex-funeral parlor seems like a nightmare, but Heather slowly finds herself being drawn into the area''s history, hope, and heart.

“A story beautifully told, with richly drawn characters that will...make you want to laugh and cry”* from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours. All her life, Epiphany Salerno has been tossed like a dandelion seed on the wind. Now, at sixteen, she must move to the low-rent side of Blue Sky Hill and work where she''s not wanted: in an upscale home on The Hill. J. Norman Alvord''s daughter has hired a teenager to stay with him in the afternoons. Widowed and suffering from heart trouble, Norman wants to be left alone. But in Epie''s presence, Norman discovers a mystery. Deep in his mind lie memories of another house, another life, and a woman who saved him. As summer comes to Blue Sky Hill, two residents from different worlds will journey through a turbulent past, and find that with an unexpected road trip through sleepy Southern towns comes life-changing friendship...and clues to a family secret hidden for a lifetime. Winner of the 2012 Carol Award for Women''s Fiction from the American Christian Fiction Writers

Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She''s never put down roots in any one place--and she doesn''t plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily--until she discovers he may be promised to someone else. Daily has always been a place of refuge for those the wind blows in, but for Kai, it looks like it will be just another place to leave behind. Then again, Daily always has a few surprises in store--especially when Aunt Donetta has cooked up a scheme.