{"title":"Lisa Wingate","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"shelterwood-1","title":"Shelterwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eNOTE: The Book cover may vary if published by different companies.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor:  \u003cspan\u003eLisa Wingate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategories:  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\/english\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\/mystery\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\/mystery\"\u003eMystery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: local\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook description :\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOklahoma, 1909\u003c\/b\u003e. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley knows that her stepfather doesn’t have good intentions toward the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home as wards. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees to the woods, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the rugged Winding Stair Mountains, the notorious territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, Ollie and Nessa form an unlikely band with others like themselves, struggling to stay one step ahead of those who seek to exploit them . . . or worse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOklahoma, 1990\u003c\/b\u003e. Law Enforcement Ranger Valerie Boren O’dell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to balance a career and single parenthood. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than she’s faced with local controversy over the park’s opening, a teenage hiker gone missing from one of the trails, and the long-hidden burial site of three children deep in a cave. Val’s quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the neighboring Choctaw Tribal Police but soon collides with old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this emotional and enveloping 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 traverse the wild and beautiful terrain, each leaving behind one life in search of another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Lisa Wingate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43303535476918,"sku":"","price":805.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/198563674_448ccaa7-2ed5-47c4-9ed3-59a675a7dfed.jpg?v=1719651087"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-lost-friends-a-novel","title":"The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e(NOTE: The Book cover may vary if published by different companies.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan\u003eLisa Wingate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategories:  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/fiction\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/fiction\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\"\u003eNovels\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: local\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook description :\u003cb\u003eA new novel inspired by historical events: a story of three young women on a journey in search of family amidst the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who rediscovers their story and its connection to her own students' lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLisa Wingate brings to life stories from actual \"Lost Friends\" advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisiana, 1875\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 Creole half-sister; and Hannie, Lavinia's former slave. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following dangerous roads rife with ruthless vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and eight siblings before slavery's end, the pilgrimage westward reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the seemingly limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisiana, 1987\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket 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 plantation homes lies the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Wingate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43468325519542,"sku":"","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/53025903.jpg?v=1726298283"},{"product_id":"before-we-were-yours","title":"Before we were yours","description":"\u003ch5\u003e(NOTE: The Book cover may vary if published by different companies.)\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/lisa-wingate\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eLisa Wingate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/emeran-mayer\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/paul-brickhill\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/haroon-khalid\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/nancy-l-johnston\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/lincoln-peirce\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eBinding: Softback\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eCategory: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/historical-fiction\"\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/fiction\"\u003eFiction \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/non-fiction\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/health\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/romance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/history\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/children\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/non-fiction\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/historical-fiction\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/mystery\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/historical-fiction\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/romance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/psychology\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/historical-fiction\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/romance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/religion\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/business\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003ePublisher: Local \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePages: 393\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMemphis, 1939.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAiken, 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 fiancé, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Lisa Wingate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67570255462582,"sku":null,"price":1095.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/32148570.jpg?v=1791022513"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/collections\/32148570.jpg?v=1791022775","url":"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/lisa-wingate.oembed","provider":"Booksvilla.pk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}