HOBBS, N.M., July 25, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The nation's eyes focused on Memphis, Tenn., when the startling news came out that babies were being taken from their parents and sold for profit at a local children's home. Georgia Tann of the Tennessee Children's Home Society affected the lives of thousands of people by selling babies on the black market, and the depths of her influence continue to be made known. In The Journey of Hope: From Tragedy to Triumph (now available through 1stBooks), Patricia Hope tells her personal story of being taken from her mother, chronicling her life from frightened young girl to a woman who searched for her past and forgave those who stole it from her.
Hope details her "legal abduction" from her mother and the illegal adoption to a family in Odessa, Texas. She tells why she began digging through her true personal past, and the emotional struggles she endured. She stresses the point that good can come of any tragic situation. Hope visits Tann's grave site, not with bitterness in her heart, but speaking the words, "I forgive you." She also visits the grave sites of her birth parents and joyfully is reunited with a brother and other blood relatives.
She also describes her spiritual growth throughout her life, and God's impact on her positive outlook. By completing this book, Hope adds another piece of the TCHS puzzle. She hopes this book will show that good eventually is created from evil. She hopes it will blanket the shame and disgrace of Memphis with love and forgiveness and perhaps be a catalyst for more resources to become available to victims of Tann and the TCHS. It is written in their honor and memory, the author notes.
A resident in cities coast to coast, Hope, 70, has led an active life. Hobbs, N.M., is home base, where at the age of 58 and single, she became the founder of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home, which she owned and managed before selling. She and her husband recently returned to Hobbs after spending a year in Memphis, where they rented an apartment on Mud Island, thus giving Hope the opportunity to continue on with research and sparking a period of complete healing. She hopes her story will help others do the same.
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