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Lisa Wingate
Average rating of finishers: 7.89
Host: Carrie
Highest rating: 9
Lowest rating: 5
Number of voters: 7
Percentage of voters who finished the book: 100
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Meet Rill and Avery, two southern women who are connected in ways neither could have imagined.
Before We Were Yours takes a river boat's journey down the Mississippi and into a heart-breaking chapter of American history that is barely known.
The writing is uneven, and some of the characters lack depth. There is a certain amount of predictability. But the story is authentic and real, revealing tragedies without horrifying the reader with details. Author Lisa Wingate deserves credit for doing her research and writing a compelling narrative that simultaneously shines a light in the dark places and reminds us that sometimes light can come from darkness.
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