Lisa Wingate

Oklahoma, 1909. Yksitoistavuotias Olive Augusta Radley tietää, että hänen isäpuolellaan ei ole hyvät aikeet kahta choctaw-tyttöä kohtaan, jotka asuvat heidän kodissaan holhokkeina. Kun vanhempi tytöistä katoaa, Olive pakenee metsään ottaen mukaansa kuusivuotiaan Nessa-tytön. Yhdessä he aloittavat vaarallisen matkan kohtia karua Winding Stair -vuoristoa ja yrittävät pysytellä askeleen edellä alueella liikkuvia lainsuojattomia, aarteenmetsästäjiä ja epätoivoisia miehiä. Oklahoma, 1990. Luonnonpuiston vartija Valerie Boren O'dell saapuu Horsethief Trail kansallispuistoon saadakseen tasapainoon uran ja yksinhuoltajuuden. Mutta Valerie on tuskin päässyt alkuun työssään, kun hän kohtaa paikallisen kiistan puiston avaamisesta, yhden reitin varrelta eksyneen teini-ikäisen vaeltajan ja syvältä luolasta löytyneen, kauan piilossa olleen kolmen lapsen hautapaikan. Valerie haluaa selvittää totuuden ja saa liittolaisekseen Choctaw-heimon poliisin, mutta pian hän törmää vanhoihin salaisuuksiin sekä maan traagiseen historiaan.Tässä tunteellisessa ja mukaansatempaavassa romaanissa Lisa Wingate seuraa lain hylkäämien lasten tarinaa ja kamppailua oikeuden puolesta. Oliven ja Valerien matkat kulkevat läpi villin ja kauniin maan, jonka omistajuudesta ja rikkauksista on kiistelty syvästi. Molemmat sulkevat ovia takanaan etsiessään uutta elämää.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes an inspiring novel about a lonely woman who finds a connection in the place she least expects. With her adopted son missing and the rest of her family increasingly estranged, SandraKaye Darden is drawn to the little pink house where her Uncle Poppy once provided security. But what begins for Sandra as a simple painting project to help sell the house becomes a secret venture that starts to change everything... Cass Blue is having trouble keeping food on the table since her mother died. When Sandra shows up with sandwiches for the neighborhood kids one day, Cass has no way of knowing that the meeting will lead to the creation of a place of refuge that could reunite a divided community. In this moving story of second chances, two unlikely allies realize their ability to make a difference...and the power of what becomes known as the Summer Kitchen to nourish the soul.

Pytajas zabyt proshloe, Valeri s malenkim synom pereezzhaet v glush, na jugo-vostok Oklakhomy. Valeri - vdova rejndzhera i sama rejndzher. Ej nuzhna rabota, a zdes predlagajut mesto: v porosshikh gustym lesom gorakh Uajnding-Stejr otkrylsja natsionalnyj park "Tropa konokrada". Nazvanie nesluchajno - kakie tolko tipy ne skryvalis let sto nazad v mestnykh chaschobakh i pescherakh! No krome prestupnikov raznykh sortov skitalis po lesam i... deti. Obobrannye opekunami siroty, beglye malenkie shakhtery s indejskikh territorij, gde polnym-polno nefti i zolota, junye sborschiki khlopka, a esche malenkie devochki, kotorykh dnem prinuzhdali stirat i shit, a vecherami - ublazhat vzroslykh muzhchin. Odnazhdy do Valeri dokhodit slukh o trekh detskikh skeletakh, obnaruzhennykh v otdalennoj peschere, no pochemu vse - i kollegi, i zhiteli okrestnykh gorodkov - trevozhno pomalkivajut o chudovischnoj nakhodke? Perevodchik P. Smirnova

“En storslået fortælling om et overset kapitel i historien” – People Oklahoma, 1909. Den 11-årige Olive ved instinktivt, at hendes stedfar ikke har gode intentioner med de to søstre fra Choctaw-stammen, der er blevet anbragt i deres hjem. Da den ældste pige forsvinder, flygter Olive ud i skoven med den seksårige Nessa. Sammen drager de ud på en farefuld rejse til de barske Winding Stair Mountains for at finde hjælp, og undervejs møder de andre børn, der også har søgt tilflugt i skovene. Oklahoma, 1990. Da parkbetjenten Valerie begynder på sit nye job ved Horsethief Trail National Park, drømmer hun om et stille liv med sin søn. Men så forsvinder en teenager på en vandretur, og et gammelt gravsted med tre børneskeletter bliver fundet dybt inde i en grotte. Valerie allierer sig med en fra Choctaw-stammepolitiet, og snart dukker gamle hemmeligheder om skovenes tragiske fortid op. Skjult under trækronerne er en medrivende roman inspireret af sande begivenheder om børn, der er blevet svigtet af myndighederne, og om kampen for at få retfærdigheden til at ske fyldest. Pressen skrev: Finalist i Goodreads Choice Award ”Wingates fremragende roman udforsker en århundredelang historie om forsvundne børn … Wingates indsigtsfulde skildring af sine unge karakterers sårbarhed og opfindsomhed gør det spændende plot rigere, og hendes skildring af regionens historie, kultur og landskab tryllebinder læseren. Wingate er her på allerhøjeste niveau.” – Publishers Weekly ”Denne imponerende roman er en enormt velskrevet fortælling om tragedie, modstandskraft og triumf, og den bør stå øverst på enhver bogliste. Lisa Wingate giver endnu en gang en stærk stemme til de ’fortabte’ børn i den amerikanske historie.” – Lisa Scottoline ”Jeg havde svært ved at lægge Skjult under trækronerne fra mig, efterhånden som min nye yndlingsheltinde, Ranger Valerie, afdækkede den uhyggelige historie om børn fordrevet af landbaroner. Denne bog har det hele – to fabelagtige heltinder, hidtil oversete historiske begivenheder og fabelagtigt flotte rammer for fortællingen.” – Martha Hall Kelly

Genudgivelse i ny udgave. Gennem tredive år kidnappede børnehjemslederen Georgia Tann fattige børn fra Sydstaterne og solgte dem til rige familier i hele USA. Inden vi blev jeres er en gribende roman baseret på denne skæbnesvangre og virkelige historie. En stormfuld aften i 1939 efterlades den tolvårige Rill Foss og hendes fire små søskende alene på familiens husbåd på Mississippi-floden, da deres mor i al hast må fragtes til hospitalet. Næste morgen dukker et par politibetjente op og tvinger børnene til at tage med sig. De forsikrer dem om, at de nok skal blive genforenet med deres forældre, men i stedet for havner de på et usselt børnehjem, hvor Rill må kæmpe for at holde søskendeflokken samlet. Godt 75 år senere kaldes Avery Stafford hjem til South Carolina, da hendes far har brug for at have hende ved sin side, mens han fører valgkamp som senator. Under et besøg på et lokalt plejehjem møder Avery en ældre dame, der er fast overbevist om, at hun kender hende, og Avery tvinges til at grave i sin egen families fortid for at finde ud af, om der virkelig er en forbindelse eller ej.

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER - "Wingate's stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region's history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game."--Publishers Weekly, starred review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes "a sweeping tale about little known history" (People). 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. Val's quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw Nation's Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself. 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own. In this gripping novel, Lisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its riches, Ollie and Val each leave behind one life in search of another.

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER - "Wingate's stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region's history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game."--Publishers Weekly, starred review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes "a sweeping tale about little known history" (People). 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. Val's quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw Nation's Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself. 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own. In this gripping novel, Lisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its riches, Ollie and Val each leave behind one life in search of another. *Includes a downloadable PDF with a listing of primary resources and recommendations from the book, for further reading

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER - "Wingate's stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region's history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game."--Publishers Weekly, starred review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes "a sweeping tale about little known history" (People). 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. Val's quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw Nation's Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself. 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own. In this gripping novel, Lisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its riches, Ollie and Val each leave behind one life in search of another.

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER - "Wingate's stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region's history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game."--Publishers Weekly, starred review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes "a sweeping tale about little known history" (People). 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. Val's quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw Nation's Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself. 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own. In this gripping novel, Lisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its riches, Ollie and Val each leave behind one life in search of another.

Louisiana, 1875: Jälleenrakennuksen myrskyisällä aikakaudella kolme nuorta naista lähtee vaaralliselle matkalle kohti Teksasia: Hannie, vapautettu orja; Lavinia, nyt rahattoman plantaasin hemmoteltu perillinen; ja Juneau Jane, Laviniankreoli siskopuoli. Hannien aarre on kolme sinistä lasihelmeä, jotka hän sai isoäitinsä kaulakorusta. Helmet jaettiin sisaruksille ja serkuille, jotta he tunnistaisivat toisensa mikäli jälleennäkemiseen menisi vuosia. Matka länteen herättää Hannien mielessä tuskallisen toiveikkaan kysymyksen: voisiko hänen kadonnut perheensä olla vielä siellä?Louisiana, 1987: Vastavalmistunut Benedetta Silva aloittaa opettajan työt köyhässä maaseutukoulussa. Syrjäisessä Augustinessa suhtaudutaan epäluuloisesti uusiin ideoihin ja uusiin ihmisiin. Rappeutuneiden kotien keskellä piilee kolmen nuoren naisen sata vuotta vanha historia, pitkä matka ja piilotettu kirja, joka voi muuttaa kaiken.Kadonneiden ystävien kirja herättää eloon hätkähdyttäviä tarinoita todellisista ”Kadonneet ystävät” -ilmoituksista, joita julkaistiin sisällissodan jälkeen sanomalehteen New Orleansissa.Unohtumaton tarina pureutuu perheen, orjuuden jarakkauden kipeisiin kysymyksiin, mutta ennen kaikkea se kertoo naisista, jotka etsivät paikkaansa vaikeuksien ja vihamielisyyden keskellä.

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 McLainMemphis, 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 fianc , 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. Publishers Weekly's #3 Longest-Running Bestseller of 2017 - Winner of the Southern Book Prize - If All Arkansas Read the Same Book Selection This edition includes a new essay by the author about shantyboat life.

”Det här är lite Toni Morrison blandat med Huckleberry Finn. … det blir en odyssé genom USA.”Jenny Lindh i Nyhetsmorgon, TV4Efterlängtad historisk roman av författaren till Innan ni tog oss.I den turbulenta tiden efter det amerikanska inbördeskriget ger sig 18-åriga Hannie ut på en farofylld resa för att hitta sin mor och de åtta syskon som alla fördes bort av slavhandlare. Hennes dyrbaraste ägodel är tre blå glaspärlor som hon fick av sin mormor som ett kännetecken. Drömmen är att familjen en dag ska återförenas och att pärlhalsbandet ska bli komplett igen.1987 börjar Benny Silva arbeta i en skola i en fattig stad i Louisiana. Både elever och föräldrar saknar framtidshopp och har tappat kontakten med sina rötter. Men en dag hittar Benny en hundra år gammal bok som kommer att förändra allt."En riktigt härlig sydstatsroman berättad i två tidsplan ... både en historisk skildring som bygger på verkliga händelser, en äventyrsroman och naturligtvis en kärlekshistoria. Här finns både drag från Borta med vinden och Huckleberry Finn. /.../ jag kunde inte släppa boken."Karlstads-Tidningen"Åh, vilken berättelse. Jag älskade ju Innan de tog oss, men aldrig kunde jag tro att författaren skulle skriva en ny bok som tog mig med storm. /.../ Författaren lyckas få till magin så att jag färdas genom både tid och rum och allt blir verkligt. Jag kan inte slita mig från berättelsen förrän den är slut och då känns det konstigt att lämna bokens miljöer. Vilken fin läsupplevelse!"Boktokig

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances. When Kate Bowman temporarily moves to her grandmother's Missouri farm with her husband and baby son, she learns that the lessons that most enrich our lives often come unexpectedly. The family has given Kate the job of convincing Grandma Rose, who's become increasingly stubborn and forgetful, to move off her beloved land and into a nursing home. But Kate knows such a change would break her grandmother's heart. Just when Kate despairs of finding answers, she discovers her grandma's journal. A beautiful handmade notebook, it is full of stories that celebrate the importance of family, friendship, and faith. Stories that make Kate see her life--and her grandmother--in a completely new way....

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours explores the connection between our hearts and our pasts in this emotional novel in the Tending Roses series.... Once trapped in a world of poverty and neglect, Dell Jordan knows she was one of the lucky ones. Adopted at thirteen, she was loved, mentored, and encouraged to pursue her passion for music. By twenty, her future has expanded in exciting new directions--a year abroad with a traveling symphony, teaching music to orphans in Ukraine, and applying for a scholarship to Julliard. But underneath Dell's smoothly polished surface lurk mysteries from the past. Why did her mother abandon her? Who was her father? Are there faces somewhere that look like hers--blood relatives she's never met? Determined to find answers, and unable to share her emotional uncertainty with her adoptive family, Dell sets off on a secret journey into Oklahoma's Kiamichi Mountains. Drawn by the only remaining link to her origins--a father's Native American name on her birth certificate--she travels into quiet wooded valleys, into the heart of the modern Choctaw Nation. There she will find connections to a long and proud heritage and begin to answer the questions of her heart. In the voices of her ancestors, she'll discover the keys to a future unlike anything she could have imagined.

Memphis, Tennessee, 1939. Kaksitoistavuotiaan Rill Fossin koti on asuntovene Mississippijoella. Eräänä myrsky-yönä isä lähtee viemään äitiä sairaalaan, ja Rill joutuu vastuuseen nuoremmista sisaruksistaan. Vanhempien poissa ollessa veneeseen tunkeutuu vieraita ihmisiä, jotka pakottavat lapset mukaansa ja lupaavat viedä heidät vanhempiensa luokse. Karmea totuus valkenee lapsille kuitenkin pian.Aiken, Etelä-Carolina, nykyhetki. Avery Stafford vierailee senaattori-isänsä kanssa hoivakodissa ja tapaa siellä vanhan naisen, joka väittää tuntevansa hänet. Kohtaaminen jää vaivaamaan Averya, ja hän ryhtyy penkomaan suvun menneisyyttä selvittääkseen kuka nainen on. Mitä Amerikassa tapahtuikaan vuosien 1920 ja 1950 välissä? Onko hänen perheensä sekaantunut laittomaan lapsikauppaan?Kirja perustuu yhteen Amerikan suurimpaan skandaaliin. Memphisissä toimivan adoptiojärjestön ja orpokodin johtaja Georgia Tann kidnappasi ja myi köyhien perheiden lapsia varakkaille perheille ympäri maata. Lisa Wingaten sydäntäsärkevä mutta samalla toiveikas ja kaunis tarina muistuttaa meitä siitä, että mihin tahansa polkumme elämässä johtaakaan, sydän ei unohda kotia.

A dramatic story of a family separated, their search for answers, and an epic journey to reunite the missing from the author of the global, two million-copy bestseller, Before We Were Yours.

Forfatteren til bestselleren Inden vi blev jeres er tilbage med en stor historisk sydstatsroman. Stærk roman baseret på faktiske begivenheder og inspireret af de annoncer, der blev bragt i aviserne i Sydstaterne efter borgerkrigen, hvor folk efterlyste venner og familiemedlemmer. Louisiana 1875: I borgerkrigens sidste dage føres den unge slavepige Hannie, hendes mor og seks søskende fra deres plantage i Louisiana i et forsøg på at undgå Nordstaternes soldater. Et efter et bliver børnene solgt fra, og til sidst er der kun Hannie tilbage. Efter borgerkrigen er slut, vender Hannie tilbage til plantagen, men da ingen af de andre i familien vender tilbage, må hun begive sig ud på en farefuld færd gennem Sydstaternes sumpområder i håb om at finde sine søskende. Louisiana 1987: Den unge skolelærer Benedetta Silva har taget imod en stilling på en fattig skole i en lille by ved Mississippi-floden. Det er en urolig elevflok, der møder hende, fuldkommen umotiverede og uden tro på fremtiden. Men Benedetta giver ikke op, og bevæbnet med et historieprojekt, der tager udgangspunkt i elevernes egen slægtshistorie, får hun endelig hul igennem til eleverne og ender med også selv at blive optaget af byens historie. Ved at insistere på vigtigheden af at kende og fortælle sin historie har Lisa Wingate skrevet en gribende historisk roman. – LIBRARY JOURNAL LISA WINGATE er tidligere journalist, foredragsholder og forfatter til tredive romaner. Hun blev født i Tyskland af amerikanske forældre, men er vokset op i USA, hvor hun læste engelsk på college. Wingate fik sit store internationale gennembrud i 2017 med romanen Inden vi blev jeres, der blev solgt til udgivelse i 34 lande og lå næsten to år på New York Times’ bestsellerliste.