So, what do you think? What story does the image tell you?
For me, the artwork for my first hardcover release from Penguin Random House perfectly captured the essence of the story , which brings to life one of America's most notorious scandals.
From the 1920s through 1950, thousands of children of single mothers and poverty-stricken parents were taken away -- sometimes even quietly whisked off front porches or from hospital maternity wards -- by the Tennessee Children's Home Society and its Memphis branch director, Georgia Tann. While heartbroken birth mothers searched for their stolen sons and daughters, the children were often kept in unlicensed boarding facilities and given new names and histories before being transported around the country to adoptive parents who could afford to pay.
Before We Were Yours hits shelves all over the world beginning June 6th, 2017. Translation rights have already sold in fourteen countries! For now, watch for newsletters with more information about the book, the tour, and even some of the overseas book covers, which are fascinating to see.
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