Name: The Book of Lost Friends
SKU: 53497404
Price: 258.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Author: Lisa Wingate
ISBN: 9781529408966

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lisa Wingate

Publisher

Quercus Publishing Plc

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

457

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781529408966

The Book of Lost Friends

Lisa Wingate (Author) · Quercus Publishing Plc · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Book of Lost Friends "

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A tale of enduring power' Paula McLainFrom the author of the No.1, two million-copy bestseller Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic story of a family separated, their search for answers, and an epic journey to reunite the missing...Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous aftermath of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest. For heiresses Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery's end, the pilgrimage westward reignites an agonizing question. Could her long-lost family still be out there?Louisiana, 1987: Arriving in Augustine, Louisiana, first-year teacher Benedetta Silva finds herself teaching students whose poverty-stricken lives she can scarcely comprehend. The town is impossibly set in its ways, suspicious of new ideas and new people. But amid the gnarled live oaks and ancient plantation homes lies the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.A heart-wrenching novel inspired by little-known historical events, based on actual "Lost Friends" advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones, lost to them when their families were sold off.'Tragic, thought-provoking but ultimately uplifting . . . an enthralling adventure' Lancashire Evening Post

Lisa Wingate

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Lisa Wingate was born in Germany in 1965, though she grew up in Oklahoma, United States, where she studied English and Communications. After working for a few years as a journalist, she now dedicates herself to giving lectures and writing. She lives in the Ouachita Mountains of southwest Arkansas with her husband and children.

Her passion for writing manifested at a very young age and, thanks to the support of one of her teachers, Wingate continued to bring her stories to life in the hope that one day someone would read them.

In 2001, she published her first book, Tending Roses, which has been followed by more than twenty highly successful novels in the United States. For these, the author has received awards such as the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, the Oklahoma Book Award, the Christy Award, and the Carol Award, among many others.

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