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Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society
by Judy Christie, Lisa Wingate
“The realities of what happened at TCHS are hard to contemplate, but they are necessary to revisit. The history we deny is the history we are most likely to repeat.”
BEFORE AND AFTER
Before and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate is a nonfiction account of the survivors of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society run by Georgia Tann. This agency was discussed in Lisa Wingate’s historical fiction Before We Were Yours. After the release of Before We Were Yours, survivors and adoptees reached out to Lisa Wingate. Wingate then contacted Judy Christie to help her write down all of these stories. Judy Christie is a journalist who interviews all those who reach out leading up to a reunion of the survivors.
"Maybe after reading these stories, someone out there will choose to become that one person for one person. Change a life. Save a life. Tell a story that would have otherwise been lost."
BEFORE AND AFTER
I wish I could quote this whole book! Like Before We Were Yours, it took me some time to get through because of the emotional carnage. Some stories were heartwarming and beautiful and others shattered my soul. Over 5,000 children went through this agency and it is estimated that 500 children died. Georgia Tann was a salesperson. She talked of these children as if they were an object. These stories show the heartbreaking reality and stigma on unmarried mothers and those that lived in poverty.
Georgia Tann was not alone. Many social workers, doctors, politicians, etc…are also complicit. She paid them off for her benefit and families suffered. The infuriating part is Georgia Tann was never brought to justice and the adoption files were sealed until the 1990s. All her files were also filled with false information and changes. One story that broke my heart is the mother, Josie.
“Josie is still in the maternity ward the next morning, foggy from the lingering effects of the anesthetics, when the hospital officials deliver devastating news. Their newborn son has died overnight.”
BEFORE AND AFTER
Except her newborn did not die. Her baby was taken and she was told he died. I wish I could list each and every wrong this woman committed. She destroyed lives and families. However, these stories need to be told and I really recommend everyone read Before We Were Yours and Before and After. I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.
BEFORE AND AFTER
Before and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate is a nonfiction account of the survivors of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society run by Georgia Tann. This agency was discussed in Lisa Wingate’s historical fiction Before We Were Yours. After the release of Before We Were Yours, survivors and adoptees reached out to Lisa Wingate. Wingate then contacted Judy Christie to help her write down all of these stories. Judy Christie is a journalist who interviews all those who reach out leading up to a reunion of the survivors.
"Maybe after reading these stories, someone out there will choose to become that one person for one person. Change a life. Save a life. Tell a story that would have otherwise been lost."
BEFORE AND AFTER
I wish I could quote this whole book! Like Before We Were Yours, it took me some time to get through because of the emotional carnage. Some stories were heartwarming and beautiful and others shattered my soul. Over 5,000 children went through this agency and it is estimated that 500 children died. Georgia Tann was a salesperson. She talked of these children as if they were an object. These stories show the heartbreaking reality and stigma on unmarried mothers and those that lived in poverty.
Georgia Tann was not alone. Many social workers, doctors, politicians, etc…are also complicit. She paid them off for her benefit and families suffered. The infuriating part is Georgia Tann was never brought to justice and the adoption files were sealed until the 1990s. All her files were also filled with false information and changes. One story that broke my heart is the mother, Josie.
“Josie is still in the maternity ward the next morning, foggy from the lingering effects of the anesthetics, when the hospital officials deliver devastating news. Their newborn son has died overnight.”
BEFORE AND AFTER
Except her newborn did not die. Her baby was taken and she was told he died. I wish I could list each and every wrong this woman committed. She destroyed lives and families. However, these stories need to be told and I really recommend everyone read Before We Were Yours and Before and After. I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.