The Pink Bonnet: True Colors: Historical Stories of American Crimes by Liz Tolsma

About the book

A Desperate Mother Searches for Her Child
Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime

Widowed in Memphis during 1932, Cecile Dowd is struggling to provide for her three-year-old daughter. Unwittingly trusting a neighbor puts little Millie Mae into the clutches of Georgia Tann, corrupt Memphis Tennessee Children’s Home Society director suspected of the disappearance of hundreds of children. With the help of a sympathetic lawyer, the search for Millie uncovers a deep level of corruption that threatens their very lives.
 

How far will a mother go to find out what happened to her child?

My thoughts:

The Pink Bonnet is the second book in the True Colors a series of Historical Crimes written by different authors so they each standalone.  I plan on reading each of the books as they release because so far they have both been so good.

In this novel, author Liz Tolsma tells the true story of Georgia Tann who ran an adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee from 1924 to 1950.  Unfortunately the children she took were taken without their parents permission or knowledge.  I have to admit that I was unaware of this corrupt practice she and others were engaged in and it really made me so angry and sad that this happened.

Young widowed Cecile Dowd and her three year old daughter, Millie stole my heart as they fall prey to this horrible practice and are suddenly separated from each other.  The author wrote the emotions of both mother and daughter so realistically that I teared up several times while reading this well crafted story.  We meet several really horrible characters in this book but there are a few good ones who I liked so much and who helped Cecile as she searched for her child.

I quickly got caught up in the storyline as the search continued to find Millie and the pure love Cecile had for her as she searched tirelessly for her.

I loved the action and suspense that had me sitting on the edge of my seat as the search continued and had me turning pages as fast as I could.  If there are any readers out there looking for  historical stories of true crimes or a great book in general, I highly recommend this one because it truly well worth the read.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to  post a review.