This novel is set during the Depression Era in 1931. A sign was in the yard where two small boys were playing that read “2 Children For Sale.”

This may sound cruel, but times were hard in America. Everything was fine until one day the stock market crashed, and banks were closing. With no money and no food, people became jobless, waiting in long bread lines for food. Families with children couldn’t afford to feed them. Some parents passed their children to farmers to help with the farming. Some parents sold their children, thinking it would give their children a better life.

This story is about Ellis Reed, a fictional character who was a newspaper reporter trying to keep his job. The gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family’s dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences are more devastating than he ever imagined.

It’s about how one reporter’s seemingly small mistake in judgment leads to utter catastrophe for children caught in the jaws of the Great Depression.

Inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation, “Sold on a Monday” is a powerful novel of love, redemption and the unexpected paths that bring us home.

Kristina McMorris is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. (SD-Agencies)