You'll Never Find Us: A Memoir

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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 womens empowerment.

Addresses an important issue: An estimated 875,000 children a year12 per 1,000are 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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2022 Readers Favorite Book Awards Folio Literary Management Winner
2022 Readers Favorite Book Awards Silver Medal Winner in Non-Fiction (Memoir)
2022 16th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Memoir
2022 IPPY Awards Silver Winner in Autobiography III (Personal Struggle/Health Issues)
2022 Eric Hoffer da Vinci Eye Book Awards Winner
2021 Foreword INDIES Finalist inAutobiography & Memoir

This is a book about courage. Any parents 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

Baker Guy writes with honest and heart-wrenching emotional detail . . . A moving account of a nightmarish family drama.
KIRKUS REVIEWS

Overall, Youll Never Find Us is an astonishing and personal tale about the hidden power of refusing to accept mistreatment.
READERS FAVORITE, 5-star review

Do I recommend this book Wholeheartedly. You will laugh, cry, be angry, and then cry some more. Thats okay because youll emerge feeling stronger. If Jeanne can face this horrific situation and live to write about it, then maybe its possible for each of us to face our own personal demons.
LEN LEATHERWOOD, President of Story Circle Network

Jeanne Baker Guys Youll 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 necessarya 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 Lifes 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 heroines 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 mothers 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

Absolutely gobsmacking and very well written. Jeannes story is brutally honest, tense, and full of courage. It had me spellbound.
ANN LINNEA,author ofDeep Water Passage: A Spiritual Journey at Midlifeand Keepers of the Trees: A Guide to the Re-Greening of North America

Author Bio

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 bachelors 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 architecthusband Robert and their two spoiled feral cats. Youll Never Find Us is her first memoir.