The Baby Thief The True Story of the Woman Who Sold Over Five Thousand Neglected Abused and Stolen Babies in the 1950s Barbara Bisantz Raymond 9781782194576 Books
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The Baby Thief The True Story of the Woman Who Sold Over Five Thousand Neglected Abused and Stolen Babies in the 1950s Barbara Bisantz Raymond 9781782194576 Books
I recently read Lisa Wingate's 'based on fact' fiction title, 'Before We Were Yours', which was based on this actual tale. I heard Lisa speak at a function and she mentioned this title as one on which she relied for research. I had heard of Georgia Tann before and seen two made for TV movies about her life and work in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I love history and so I wanted to own this book to learn even more.This book is the true story of the woman who sold over five thousand neglected, abused and stolen babies in the course of her work with the Tennessee Children's Home Society in the late 1920s through 1950. For almost three decades Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality, she was selling many of her charges, often neglected, abused and stolen from their birth parents. A good 500, a low estimate, died while in her care, although care is not a word that should be used for what Georgia Tann did.
Using 'spotters', Tann stole entire families of children from dirt roads as they walked home from school, played away from their homes and just outright theft from their mothers' arms. Tann popularized adoption at a time when it was thought of as something not done, something to be feared and discouraged. She coerced women into leaving their children in her care, only to sell them and tell their parents they had been given to people who could take better care of them. During Tann's reign, the Memphis infant mortality rate soared to the highest in the country!
Author Raymond draws on many true life stories from Tann's victims and their families and tells a tale that will leave you breathless in its depravity. All because of money. This is a riveting narrative that will cause the reader to realize what these families went through for many, many years. How did Tann get away with such atrocities? She had judges, doctors, nurses, hospitals and in some cases, welfare workers in her pocket.
This story will intrigue and horrify the reader. Just sitting and pondering what one woman could conceive in her heart and carry to fruition for nearly 30 years is mind blowing. This book is definitely worth the read.
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The Baby Thief The True Story of the Woman Who Sold Over Five Thousand Neglected Abused and Stolen Babies in the 1950s Barbara Bisantz Raymond 9781782194576 Books Reviews
Sad story, but good recollection of the events.
Book club discussion along with Before We were Yours. Book arrived in acceptable time frame and "as advertised condition."
an excellent historical "expose" type of non-fiction by the author who gives great account of a horrible part of our history here in the USA as related to adoption.
After reading "Before We Were Yours" by Lisa Wingate, I had to know more about Georgia Tann! What a horrible woman! This is not written as a "story" - it's written to give you the background on the terrible things this woman did to these kids. I'm more of a read-for-pleasure person, but this book peaked my interest. It's hard to imagine how many people knew about what this woman did and did nothing!
Very interesting read. I appreciated the photos in the middle of the book. I have passed it on to others to read. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in some of the history of Memphis and adoption laws.
Fascinating true life story but not very well written. There is a lot of repetition, and the information could have been organized better.
I'm not sure if this book deserves two or three starts. It was extremely repetitive and I expected more out of it. It was written like a documentary and was pretty dull, overall. The author clearly did a lot of research, but it just wasn't what I was expecting.
The book draws a clear and compelling portrait of Georgia Tan. It also exposes the political machine in Memphis which exploited poor and at times uneducated families and stole their children for eventual sale to wealthy clientele. Tan’s children’s home destroyed as many as 1,000 families and her methods sometimes resulted in the death of innocent children as well as destroying most birth records for the adopted children. This is a cautionary tale of the result of misplaced power, politics and evil.
I recently read Lisa Wingate's 'based on fact' fiction title, 'Before We Were Yours', which was based on this actual tale. I heard Lisa speak at a function and she mentioned this title as one on which she relied for research. I had heard of Georgia Tann before and seen two made for TV movies about her life and work in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I love history and so I wanted to own this book to learn even more.
This book is the true story of the woman who sold over five thousand neglected, abused and stolen babies in the course of her work with the Tennessee Children's Home Society in the late 1920s through 1950. For almost three decades Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality, she was selling many of her charges, often neglected, abused and stolen from their birth parents. A good 500, a low estimate, died while in her care, although care is not a word that should be used for what Georgia Tann did.
Using 'spotters', Tann stole entire families of children from dirt roads as they walked home from school, played away from their homes and just outright theft from their mothers' arms. Tann popularized adoption at a time when it was thought of as something not done, something to be feared and discouraged. She coerced women into leaving their children in her care, only to sell them and tell their parents they had been given to people who could take better care of them. During Tann's reign, the Memphis infant mortality rate soared to the highest in the country!
Author Raymond draws on many true life stories from Tann's victims and their families and tells a tale that will leave you breathless in its depravity. All because of money. This is a riveting narrative that will cause the reader to realize what these families went through for many, many years. How did Tann get away with such atrocities? She had judges, doctors, nurses, hospitals and in some cases, welfare workers in her pocket.
This story will intrigue and horrify the reader. Just sitting and pondering what one woman could conceive in her heart and carry to fruition for nearly 30 years is mind blowing. This book is definitely worth the read.
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