Jan Keyes

From behind bars of the notorious juvenile detention center of Chicago’s Arthur J. Audy Home, a waif-like eight year old Jeanette watched in horror as her mother walked away. Abandoned. In that moment she was ripped from her family and became Ward of the State. Demoralizing institutional and foster home care followed, until at sixteen she decided to take responsibility for her own life. When she became a single parent at nineteen, an inner spark was ignited and flourished. She was driven to do the best she could for herself and her daughter as she went on to become a successful business woman, find her soulmate, and together, create the family that had been denied her all her life. 

Sometimes she wondered, Why was I taken from my family? Why did this happen? It took sixty years to uncover the truth.