The
Book of Lost Friends
by Lisa Wingate
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NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
comes a new historical novel: the dramatic story 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.
Bestselling 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.
Product
details
Hardcover : 400
pages
Publisher :
Ballantine Books (April 7, 2020)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1984819887
ISBN-13 : 978-1984819888
Product Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.3 x 9.6 inches
