

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Mystery Book Club: Before We Were Yours
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 06 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Mystery Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm in the library. 

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate: Memphis, 1939. 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.

Aiken, 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.

Based 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.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/clear-lake/mystery-book-club-before-we-were-yours/200029189338528
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029189338528?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=clear+lake-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Clear Lake
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 200 N 4th St, Clear Lake, IA, United States, Iowa 50428
- **lat**: 43.13848
- **long**: -93.3827
- **full address**: 200 N 4th St, Clear Lake, IA, United States, Iowa 50428

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Clear Lake Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/clear-lake-public-library/25951897)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 06 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 200 N 4th St, Clear Lake, IA, United States, Iowa 50428
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Clear Lake Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** health-wellness, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Mystery Book Club: Before We Were Yours ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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