| Edition |
Di yi ban. |
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第一版. |
| Description |
417 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Before we were yours. |
| Summary |
"1939 nian, Fusi yi jia qi kou zhu zai Mixixibi He de chuan wu. Yi ge bao feng yu zhi ye, ma ma nan chan, ba ba jin ji jiang ta song wang yi yuan, lin xing qian ding zhu 12 sui de zhang nü Lier zhao gu hao si ge di di mei mei, zen liao zhe yi bie bian shi tian ren yong ge. Ge tian jing cha qiang xing dai zou wu ge hai zi, song wang 'Tiannaxi er tong zhi jia'. Ta men cheng wei dai ling yang de gu er. Lier cong ci yu shou zu tian ge yi fang...... 2017 nian, lü shi Aifuli fan xiang zhao gu fu qin, que zai zao fang yang lao yuan de shi hou, bei yi ge he nai nai zhang de shi fen xiang si de lao fu ren wu ren. Zai hao qi xin de qu shi xia, ta zhan kai yi xi lie diao cha, he ran jie kai liao yi duan yin mi de jia zu shi, yi ji Meiguo li shi shang yi zhuang zhen shi er hei an de ci shan chou wen......"--Page 4 of cover. |
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"1939年, 福斯一家七口住在密西西比河的船屋。一个暴风雨之夜, 妈妈难产, 爸爸紧急将她送往医院, 临行前叮嘱12岁的长女里尔照顾好四个弟弟妹妹, 怎料这一别便是天人永隔。隔天警察强行带走五个孩子, 送往"田纳西儿童之家"。他们成为待领养的孤儿。里尔从此与手足天各一方...... 2017年, 律师艾弗里返乡照顾父亲, 却在造访养老院的时候, 被一个和奶奶长得十分相似的老妇人误认。在好奇心的驱使下, 她展开一系列调查, 赫然揭开了一段隐秘的家族史, 以及美国历史上一桩真实而黑暗的慈善丑闻......"--Page 4 of cover. |
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"Memphis, Tennessee, 1939. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. South Carolina, Present Day. Avery Stafford has lived a charmed life. Loving daughter to her father, a U.S. Senator, she has a promising career as an assistant D.A. in Baltimore and is engaged to her best friend. But when Avery comes home to help her father weather a health crisis and a political attack, a chance encounter with a stranger leaves her deeply shaken. Avery's decision to learn more about the woman's life will take her on a journey through her family's long-hidden history."--Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
Text in simplified Chinese ; translated from the English. |
| Subject |
Tennessee Children's Home Society -- Fiction.
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Orphanages -- Fiction.
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Siblings -- Fiction.
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Poor children -- Fiction.
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Adoption -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.
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Family secrets -- Fiction.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Fiction.
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South Carolina -- Fiction.
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Tennessee Children's Home Society. (OCoLC)fst00683302
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Adoption -- Corrupt practices.
(OCoLC)fst00797078
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Brothers and sisters. (OCoLC)fst00839671
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Family secrets. (OCoLC)fst01737651
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Orphanages. (OCoLC)fst01048423
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Poor children. (OCoLC)fst01071167
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South Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204600
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Tennessee -- Memphis.
(OCoLC)fst01204194
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Domestic fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Added Title |
Before we were yours. Chinese
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Before we were yours |
| ISBN |
9787521704648 (paperback) |
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7521704649 (paperback) |
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