This story was inspired by a real picture, apparently from the Great Depression, of a family of children sitting on a porch with a "Children For Sale" sign.
image from https://rarehistoricalphotos.com
This is an intriguing idea, but this story is not about this photograph. For one thing, the picture in question is dated 1948 and not from the Great Depression at all. And the real kids in this photo did not come to happy ends.
Instead the author begins with a fictionalized version of the picture and moves the setting to 1931. The story centers on the reporter who took the picture instead of the family, and the reader can expect a positive ending. That's the beauty of fiction!
The end result is a good-enough story, but not quite what I expected from the title and the cover. It took me a bit to get interested in, but the ending was good.
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