Lisa Wingate

We are thrilled to be hosting an event with Lisa Wingate for Before We Were Yours at the Crooked Tree Auditorium on Saturday, June 30th at 6:00pm. This is a ticketed event. Tickets are $5.00 and admit 2. To purchase your ticket please give us a call at (231) 347-1180, email us at events@mcleanandeakin.com, or drop by to purchase one in store. 
 
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents--but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility's cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiance, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family's long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.
Based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals--in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country--Lisa Wingate's riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong. 

Lisa Wingate is a former journalist, an inspirational speaker, and the bestselling author of more than twenty novels. Her work has won or been nominated for many awards, including the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, the Oklahoma Book Award, the Carol Award, the Christy Award, and the RT Reviewers' Choice Award. Wingate lives in the Ouachita Mountains of southwest Arkansas.

 

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Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
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Before We Were Yours: A Novel By Lisa Wingate Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780425284681
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Published: Ballantine Books - June 6th, 2017

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller

“Poignant, engrossing.”—People • “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.”—Paula McLain


Sea Keeper's Daughters (Carolina Heirlooms Novel) By Lisa Wingate Cover Image
$14.99
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ISBN: 9781414386904
Published: Tyndale House Publ - September 8th, 2015

From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours.
From modern-day Roanoke Island to the sweeping backdrop of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains and Roosevelt's WPA folklore writers, past and present intertwine to create an unexpected destiny.


The Prayer Box (Carolina Heirlooms Novel) By Lisa Wingate Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781414386881
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Published: Tyndale House Publishers - February 5th, 2019

From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours.
When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola's rambling Victorian house.


Larkspur Cove By Lisa Wingate Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780764208218
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Published: Bethany House Publishers - February 1st, 2011

Adventure is the last thing on Andrea Henderson's mind when she moves to Moses Lake. After surviving the worst year of her life, she's struggling to build a new life for herself and her son as a social worker. Perhaps in doing a job that makes a difference, she can find some sense of purpose and solace in her shattered faith.


Blue Moon Bay By Lisa Wingate Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780764208225
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Published: Bethany House Publishers - February 1st, 2012

"Lisa Wingate writes with depth and warmth, joy and wit."--Debbie Macomber