2018 November Book Group

A picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes the story behind

the picture is worth a thousand more…

In 1931, near Philadelphia, ambitious reporter Ellis Reed photographs a pair of young siblings on a farmhouse porch, next to a heartrending sign: “2 children for Sale.”

With the help of newspaper secretary Lillian 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 piece also leads to consequences more devastating than he and Lily ever imagined—and it will take risking everything they 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.