Lisa Wingate
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- Where should I start?
- For a reader who enjoys historical immersion combined with emotional depth, Before We Were Yours is an excellent starting point. It provides a clear narrative framework while allowing the author to explore deep character connections against a specific backdrop.
- What's their writing style?
- Wingate's voice is highly empathetic and lyrical, giving significant weight to internal emotional landscapes. Her prose excels at building atmosphere, whether through period detail or intense personal reflection. The pacing tends to be deliberate, allowing the emotional resonance of key moments to sink in.
- Books we've reviewed
- Lisa Wingate has two titles available in our review history. Before We Were Yours is praised for its blend of historical setting and personal drama, while The Book of Lost Friends offers a strong, more general fictional narrative focusing on deep bonds.
- How do their books compare?
- While both titles explore profound emotional connections, Before We Were Yours is anchored by a specific historical time period that dictates much of the conflict. In contrast, The Book of Lost Friends offers a slightly more flexible setting, allowing the focus to rest purely on the internal dynamics and development of the relationships between the core characters.
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The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel by Lisa Wingate
4.5/5
Lisa Wingate's The Book of Lost Friends is a New York Times bestseller and a dual-timeline historical novel that roots its emotional power in the real-world tragedy of post–Civil War "Lost Friends" newspaper advertisements, weaving together the journeys of three young women in 1875 Louisiana and Texas with the story of a modern teacher who uncovers their forgotten history.
Reviewed Apr 26, 2026
Before We Were Yours: A Novel by Lisa Wingate
4.6/5
Before We Were Yours is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling novel by Lisa Wingate that dramatizes one of America's most notorious real-life adoption scandals — the systematic kidnapping and sale of poor children by Georgia Tann's Tennessee Children's Home Society — through two alternating timelines set in 1939 Memphis and the present-day American South. It won the Southern Book Prize and has sold over three million copies.
Reviewed Apr 4, 2026
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