sdecoste 's review for:

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

4.0

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After the Civil War, formerly enslaved people were able to search for family. Sometimes they wrote messages (when they could write) on school and church walls. Then an African American newspaper, The Southern Christian Advocate, was distributed throughout Methodist churches. Ads were placed and answered. This is the story of three women on a mission. Two daughters were searching for their father and one former slave, Hannie, was searching for her kin. Concurrently, a modern day story is told of a young teacher who discovers Hannie's story. A nice interweaving of the two tales.