
The Book of Lost Friends
A Novel
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Lisa Wingate
New York Times Best Seller
From the best-selling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives.
“An absorbing historical...enthralling.” (Library Journal)
Best-selling author Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as newly freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold away.
Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Hannie, a freed slave; Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now destitute plantation; and Juneau Jane, Lavinia’s Creole half sister. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following roads rife with vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of stolen inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery’s end, the pilgrimage west reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope.
Louisiana, 1987: For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket to canceling her hefty student debt - until she lands in a tiny, out-of-step Mississippi River town. Augustine, Louisiana, is suspicious of new ideas and new people, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled live oaks and run-down plantation homes lie the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.
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Beautiful story
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The story of Hanie's journey captured me and the narration allowed me to picture her on her odyssey from Louisiana all the way to Texas. Along this journey, she evolved from a sharecropping hand to a woman who evolved to becoming a fierce defender of two women who had much more privilege than she.
As a teacher, I also appreciated Benny's story. She fought her own battle for her students, but it didn't veer off into rescuing them. Instead, she recognized their strengths and the assets of their families and tapped into those.
This story brought me to tears several times. I thought this was an excellent weaving together of the past and present.
Heartbreaking and Hopeful
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One of my favorites this year
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I found the story fascinating and heartwarming. The characters are strong and likable.
Description doesn’t give this book justice
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Best narration of any audio book thus far!
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More! I loved this book and have recommended it to all of my friends. To have listened to it the week of George Floyd protests and funeral made it even more of a heart felt story!
Wonderful
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Occasional reader
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historical fiction
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Couldn’t stop!
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Amazing story
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