Overview

-A unique memoir angle: This title bends the memoir genre, as the main storyline of parental kidnapping reads like a thriller mystery, while the secondary storyline offers the traditional self-reflection of memoir and the popular subjects of romance, divorce, and parenting. -Timely themes: Though this story takes place over forty years ago, its major themes are timelier than ever: it deals intimately with white supremacy, patriarchy, feminism, and women's empowerment. -Addresses an important issue: An estimated 875,000 children a year-12 per 1,000-are either abducted or kidnapped by a relative, and parents (mostly fathers) were the perpetrators in more than 90 percent of all kidnappings and abductions. -Large target market: Though this memoir will appeal to a wide range of readers, one group it will particularly resonate with is women who have experienced psychological abuse, which, sadly, is a huge audience, given that nearly half of all women (48.4%) have experienced psychological aggressive behavior by an intimate partner.

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This is a book about courage. Any parent's nightmare is to have their children disappear. It is even worse to learn the captor is the other parent. A story told with intensity and love. -DAN RATHER, journalist and author of What Unites Us Jeanne Baker Guy's You'll Never Find Us moves us through shock and outrage to courage and determination, past gendered obstacle after gendered obstacle, past villains and equally guilty bystanders, to a triumph that should never be necessary-a victory over intimate violence of the worst kind. This is a book that will break your heart. And then repair it stronger than ever. -RICHARD HOFFMAN, author of Half the House and Love & Fury Through her powerful and authentic storytelling, we watch Jeanne Baker Guy grow up from a compliant young wife and mother into a woman to be reckoned with through a powerful and timeless transformation of the human spirit. -CHRISTINA BALDWIN, author of Storycatcher and Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice A universal story of a young mother coming into her own power, regardless of past mistakes, bad judgment, and fears. An emotionally gripping heroine's tale, one too many will relate to. -SARAH BIRD, author of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen and the forthcoming American Dance A compelling read. This is a deeply moving story of a mother's love, dedication, fortitude, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds. You feel you are next to her in her determined quest to bring her children back. -RICHARD A. ZANSITIS, Vice President and General Counsel, Rice University

This is a book about courage. Any parent's nightmare is to have their children disappear. It is even worse to learn the captor is the other parent. A story told with intensity and love. -DAN RATHER, journalist and author of What Unites Us Jeanne Baker Guy's You'll Never Find Us moves us through shock and outrage to courage and determination, past gendered obstacle after gendered obstacle, past villains and equally guilty bystanders, to a triumph that should never be necessary-a victory over intimate violence of the worst kind. This is a book that will break your heart. And then repair it stronger than ever. -RICHARD HOFFMAN, author of Half the House and Love & Fury Through her powerful and authentic storytelling, we watch Jeanne Baker Guy grow up from a compliant young wife and mother into a woman to be reckoned with through a powerful and timeless transformation of the human spirit. -CHRISTINA BALDWIN, author of Storycatcher and Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice A universal story of a young mother coming into her own power, regardless of past mistakes, bad judgment, and fears. An emotionally gripping heroine's tale, one too many will relate to. -SARAH BIRD, author of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen and the forthcoming Last Dance on the Starlight Pier A compelling read. This is a deeply moving story of a mother's love, dedication, fortitude, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds. You feel you are next to her in her determined quest to bring her children back. -RICHARD A. ZANSITIS, Vice President and General Counsel, Rice University

Author Information

Jeanne Baker Guy of Jeanne Guy Gatherings is an author, speaker, and journal-writing coach. (Her first name is pronounced Genie, though she is without magical powers.) Born and raised in Indiana, she received her bachelor’s degree in English lit/drama from Indiana University. After a twenty-five-year career in office management and business development, she found her calling in facilitating personal growth circles. Years of blogs, filled with her irreverent humor, serve as the basis for her classes and her 2015 book Seeing Me: A Guide for Reframing the Way You See Yourself Through Reflective Writing, coauthored with photographer David Rackley. Mother of three grown and married children, Jeanne lives in Cedar Park, Texas, with her retired architect–husband Robert and their two spoiled feral cats. You’ll Never Find Us is her first memoir.

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