I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal-some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate's bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a black-market baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society in Memphis. However, these stories need to be told and I really recommend everyone read Before We Were Yours and Before and After. I wish I could list each and every wrong this woman committed. Her baby was taken and she was told he died. Their newborn son has died overnight.” Before and AfterĮxcept her newborn did not die.
“Josie is still in the maternity ward the next morning, foggy from the lingering effects of the anesthetics, when the hospital officials deliver devastating news. One story that broke my heart is the mother, Josie. All her files were also filled with false information and changes. The infuriating part is Georgia Tann was never brought to justice and the adoption files were sealed until the 1990s. She paid them off for her benefit and families suffered. Many social workers, doctors, politicians, etc…are also complicit. These stories show the heartbreaking reality and stigma on unmarried mothers and those that lived in poverty. She talked of these children as if they were an object. Over 5,000 children went through this agency and it is estimated that 500 children died.
Some stories were heartwarming and beautiful and others shattered my soul. I wish I could quote this whole book! Like Before We Were Yours, it took me some time to get through because of the emotional carnage. Tell a story that would have otherwise been lost. Maybe after reading these stories, someone out there will choose to become that one person for one person. Judy Christie is a journalist who interviews all those who reach out leading up to a reunion of the survivors. Wingate then contacted Judy Christie to help her write down all of these stories.
After the release of Before We Were Yours, survivors and adoptees reached out to Lisa Wingate. This agency was discussed in Lisa Wingate’s historical fiction Before We Were Yours. The history we deny is the history we are most likely to repeat.” Before and Afterīefore and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate is a nonfiction account of the survivors of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society run by Georgia Tann. “The realities of what happened at TCHS are hard to contemplate, but they are necessary to revisit.
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