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SUMMARY:Sunday NovelTea: The Book of Lost Friends
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DESCRIPTION:Sunday afternoon book group for adults. Join us as we discuss 
 The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate.  Grab your favorite cup of tea a
 nd join us on Zoom!.\nhttps://hoover.libnet.info/event/4681401
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 1698?pwd=cVBWSEQ0MnNpMmxjMk5kQ2VoWUY4Zz09">Join the discussion here.</a></
 p>\n<p>A new novel inspired by historical events: a story of three young w
 omen on a journey in search of family amidst the destruction of the post-C
 ivil War South\, and of a modern-day teacher who rediscovers their story a
 nd its connection to her own students' lives.</p>\n<p>Lisa Wingate brings 
 to life stories from actual "Lost Friends" advertisements that appeared in
  Southern newspapers after the Civil War\, as freed slaves desperately sea
 rched for loved ones who had been sold off.</p>\n<p>Louisiana\, 1875&nbsp\
 ;In the tumultuous aftermath of Reconstruction\, three young women set off
  as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Lavinia\, the pampered heir 
 to a now-destitute plantation\; Juneau Jane\, her illegitimate free-born C
 reole half-sister\; and Hannie\, Lavinia's former slave. Each carries priv
 ate wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas\, following dangero
 us roads rife with ruthless vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war l
 ost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane\, the journey is one of i
 nheritance and financial desperation\, but for Hannie\, torn from her moth
 er and eight siblings before slavery's end\, the pilgrimage westward reign
 ites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there?
  Beyond the swamps lie the seemingly limitless frontiers of Texas and\, im
 probably\, hope.</p>\n<p>Louisiana\, 1987&nbsp\;For first-year teacher Ben
 edetta Silva\, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the tick
 et to canceling her hefty student debt--until she lands in a tiny\, out-of
 -step Mississippi River town. Augustine\, Louisiana\, seems suspicious of 
 new ideas and new people\, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of 
 her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled oaks and run-down plan
 tation homes lies the century-old history of three young women\, a long-ag
 o journey\, and a hidden book that could change everything.</p>\n<p>-from 
 Goodreads</p>\nhttps://hoover.libnet.info/event/4681401
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