Before and after : the incredible real-life stories of orphans who survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society
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Christie, Judy Pace, 1956-
Contributors
Wingate, Lisa, author.
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
ISBN
9781432878221 (large print, hardcover), 1432878220
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HPL National Foster Care Month 2025
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult BooksLT 362.73 CHROn Shelf
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Cicero Public Library - StacksLP 362.72 CHROn Shelf
Glen Ellyn Public Library - Large Type362.73 CHROn Shelf
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LC Subjects
Adoption agencies -- Corrupt practices -- Tennessee -- History.
Case studies.
Family reunification -- Tennessee -- Case studies.
Large type books.
Tennessee -- History.
Tennessee Children's Home Society -- Corrupt practices -- History.

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Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
427 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
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[Large Print].
General Note
Hardcover.
Description
From the 1920s through 1950, Georgia Tann ran a black-market baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society in Memphis. The publication of Lisa Wingate's novel Before We Were Yours brought new awareness of Tann's lucrative career in child trafficking. Adoptees who knew little about their pasts gained insight into the startling facts behind their family histories. Encouraged by their contact with Wingate and journalist Judy Christie, who documented the stories of fifteen adoptees in this book, many determined Tann survivors set out to trace their roots and find their birth families. Here many victims return to Memphis with the authors to reclaim their stories at a Tennessee Children's Home Society reunion ... with extraordinary results.
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LARGE PRINT

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Christie, J. P., & Wingate, L. (2020). Before and after: the incredible real-life stories of orphans who survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society. (Large print edition). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Christie, Judy Pace, 1956- and Lisa, Wingate. 2020. Before and After: The Incredible Real-life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Christie, Judy Pace, 1956- and Lisa, Wingate. Before and After: The Incredible Real-life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Christie, J. P. and Wingate, L. (2020). Before and after: the incredible real-life stories of orphans who survived the tennessee children's home society. Large print edn Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Christie, Judy Pace, and Lisa Wingate. Before and After: The Incredible Real-life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society. Large print edition, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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