It was the cover of “Sold on a Monday
And then the blurb “Philadelphia, 1931. A young, ambitious reporter named Ellis Reed photographs a pair of young siblings on the front porch of a farmhouse next to a sign: “2 children for sale.”
Those two things tugged at my heartstrings and when I started reading the book, that little gasp that could easily turn into a sob stayed with me until the final page. And that was when tears fell.
The description of the book says it all. It’s the story of Ellis Reed, a budding journalist and Lily Palmer who worked as a secretary at the newspaper. There was the requisite romance to add to the depth of the characters, but the main story revolved around the responsibility of a journalist.
Journalism is not a job, it is a vocation. Except for a very few, the pay is not that great either. And in this era of fake news and sensationalism, when a name or a slogan becomes a target, when a nobody becomes somebody because he or she is ranting about a certain someone, reading this historical novel make me realize that things have not changed much since the Depression.
That Ellis Reed and Lily Palmer are unforgettable characters is a given. Kristina Morris gave them depth. But, this is not their story alone. It is the story of an era. And that is where Morris excelled. She brought the audience to an era which is a distant memory to many.
Most of the people alive during that time are gone, or if they are still around, they are very old and chances are living in a home. So, reading “Sold on a Monday
“Sold on a Monday
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Sold on a Monday
Description: Sold on a Monday
A picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes the story behind the picture is worth a thousand more…
Philadelphia, 1931. A young, ambitious reporter named Ellis Reed photographs a pair of young siblings on the front porch of a farmhouse next to a sign: “2 children for sale.”
With the help of newspaper secretary Lily Palmer, Ellis writes an article to accompany the photo. Capturing the hardships of American families during the Great Depression, the feature story generates national attention and Ellis’s career skyrockets.
But the photograph also leads to consequences more devastating than ever imagined—and it will take jeopardizing everything Ellis and Lily value to unravel the mystery and set things right.
Inspired by an actual newspaper photo that stunned readers throughout the country, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of ambition, redemption, love, and family.
All photos in montage are from Pixabay
