{"product_id":"9781529406368-before-and-after","title":"Before and After","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe heartbreaking true stories of a notorious adoption scandal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe heartbreaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate's No.1 bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Yours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Yours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society in Memphis. She offered up more than 5,000 orphans tailored to the wish lists of eager parents - hiding the fact that many weren't orphans at all, but stolen sons and daughters of poor families, desperate single mothers, and women told in maternity wards that their babies had died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBefore and After\u003c\/i\u003e, many survivors set out to trace their roots and find their birth families. \u003ci\u003eBefore and AFter \u003c\/i\u003eincludes moving and shocking accounts of the ways in which adoptees were separated from their first families. Often raised as only children, many have joyfully reunited with siblings in the final decades of their lives. There are stories of first meetings that are all the sweeter and more intense for time missed, and of families from very different social backgrounds reaching out to embrace brothers, sisters, and cousins. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT \u003ci\u003eBEFORE AND AFTER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What a truly amazing book' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riveting' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Captivating and emotional' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A real tear-jerker' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325421895777,"sku":"9781529406368","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29574344.jpg?v=1725609271","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529406368-before-and-after","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}