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If All Arkansas Read Lisa Wingate's Novel

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams
Published June 1, 2018 at 12:46 PM CDT

Lisa Wingate's novel Before We Were Yours is the 2018 selection for the If All Arkansas Read the Same Book project. She'll be at the Bentonville Public Library at noon tomorrow and at the Springdale Public Library tomorrow afternoon at 3:00. She talks to us about the historical inspiration for her novel, the Tennessee Children's Home Society.
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