Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate: Interesting Links, etc

Spoiler Alert: Some of the following might be thought to contain spoilers. The book is historical fiction. If you prefer to experience the whole book as an interesting novel with twists and turns in the plot, read the book before you look at the material below:

Wingate also wrote (with a cowriter) Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children’s Home Society  published 10/22/2019

        Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society  Published in 2019

Judy Christie (Author), Lisa Wingate (Author), Emily Rankin (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

4.6 out of 5 stars    2,701 ratings

 

There's an article about Tann that says she charged 100,000 euros for some adoptions. Were euros in circulation when she was alive?  (1999)

Here’s a YouTube video about the true story:

Video about the adoption Scandal

 

Here’s an article about Joan Crawford and her adopted children: Article About Joan Crawford and Her Illegally Adopted Children

 

This is an article about a Lifetime special about the adoptions: Article about Lifetime special about the adoptions

 

Here’s an article about Joan Crawford and her adopted children: Article About Joan Crawford and Her Illegally Adopted Children

 

This is an article about a Lifetime special about the adoptions: Article about Lifetime special about the adoptions

 

Before We Were Yours Playlist:

• “Summertime” by Billie Holiday   

• “It Don’t Mean a Thing” by Duke Ellington

• “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin

• “Aura Lea (Love Me Tender)” by Elvis Presley

(mentioned in the book)

• “Proud Mary” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

• “Whiskey River” by Willie Nelson  ***

• “Lazy River” by Louis Armstrong    ***

• “Ol’ Man River” by The Beach Boys or Paul Robeson  ***

or Frank Sinatra

• “Puttin’ On the Ritz” by Frank Sinatra

• “Isn’t It Romantic” by Ella Fitzgerald

 

Below is a link to Lisa Wingate’s “Book Club Kit” for Before We Were Yours. It is from her website and contains a list of questions almost the same as the one we will be using for our discussion BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAME – so please don’t use the list of discussion questions from this link to prepare for our discussion. There are also some recipes at this link and a few news photos from the history that the book was based on.

http://www.randomhousebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Before-We-Were-Yours-Digitial-Book-Club-Kit.pdf