Before and after: the incredible real-life stories of orphans who survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society

From the authors

Prologue

Part one: Truth meets fiction. Chapter 1 : Real-life adoptees ;chapter 2 : In their own voices

Part two : RSVP. Wish we could be there ; Chapter 3 :A cadillac and a secret ; In black and white ; Chapter 4: Clues from a high school science class ; What'sn a name ; Chapter 5: It's all in the DNA ; Tenacity and time ; Chapter 6: One day old and sent to Memphis

tPart three: Reunion.

Where the story begins ; Chapter 7: Born on Christmas Day ; Hidden rooms of the heart ; Chapter 8 : A political baby ; The why and how ; Chapter 9 : A Hollywood life ; An unwritten script ; Chapter10 : Left to die ; Do the right thing ; Chapter 11 : Reunion Eve ; Chapter 12: The only home she knows ; Open and closed ; Chapter 13: Handed off in a train station ; Points of interest ; Chapter 14 : A pair of brown paper bags ; Late arrivals ; Chapter 15 : Sevenllar baby ; Family bibles ; Chapter 16 The court case ; Newly extraordinary ; Chapter 17 : The night all the babies died ; What if? ; Chapter 18 : Four sisters ; The lesson of forgiveness

Part four : The reckoning. Chapter 19 A historic cemetery and final ; Chapter 20 : Afterward.