Needs work! Because you are not involved by more details of the victims in this book they all begin to run together and it seems as though it is repeating itself over and over. I became bored and had difficulty finishing.

The journey shared by these adoptees was beautiful and amazing. The dialogue flowed from one to the other. Excellent read!

I was so excited to receive an advance copy of “Before and After” that I immediately sat down and devoured it all in one day. The book is a collaboration of Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate, both authors with journalism backgrounds. After Lisa Wingate wrote her New York Times bestseller book “Before We Were Yours” which features a fictional account of a family torn apart landing the children in the Tennessee Children’s Home Society (TCHS), she could not imagine the impact it would have. It’s a heart wrenching story based on the real history of the TCHS run by Georgia Tann who became rich by selling babies and young children during the years of 1923-1950. “Before We Were Yours” was well written and touched me deeply. When I heard Lisa was teaming up with a friend to release a follow-up to her book with real life stories of people whose lives were touched by this horrific part of Tennessee history I was intrigued to learn more and couldn’t wait to read their new book. After “Before We Were Yours” hit the bookstores, Lisa began getting emails and letters from people relating their’s or a parent’s stories from being a TCHS child. Lisa, knowing these stories were important to be told, contacted her friend Judy Christie to help her with the task of gathering these stories. Judy spent countless hours interviewing and recording stories from anyone willing to share them with her, while Lisa continued meeting more people impacted by TCHS on her book tour. This book is a compilation of all these wonderful stories that deserve to be told. Most of the kids were taken from poor families and placed in homes of wealthier but many times dysfunctional families. Some were stolen from hospitals and the mothers were told their baby died. Some were taken from their own homes while playing in their own yards. It will amaze you what this woman managed to get away with for over 30 years aided by many other prominent people. You will feel for each of the stories from those who lived through this as they gather for a reunion to share information with each other. If you haven’t read “Before We Were Yours”, I highly recommend it either before or after reading this book. Everyone has a story to tell and I’m thankful that these two wonderful ladies decided to tell these very important stories.