July, 2001

Have you ever though about the possibility of losing your precious children, not to a kidnapper but to the government that is supposed to protect them? Anonymous Tip by Michael Farris is a novel about a single mother caught in that terrible nightmare. Social workers suddenly appear at the home of Gwen Landis and demand to enter her house.

They take her 4-year-old-daughter into a bedroom to physically examine her without her mother present. Her ex-husband, who made an anonymous phone call reporting that his ex-wife abused their child, sets this traumatic drama in motion. He did this because Gwen had reported him for failing to pay child support. the Christian lawyer who defend Gwen and her daughter is determined to fight for righteousness, and teaches his clients to rely on God.

While Anonymous Tip is fiction, the shocking thing is this could happen to anyone. An article in the San Jose Mercury recently reported that a family almost lost their child because she wandered outside for a few minutes without her clothes on. A neighbor made an anonymous phone call. This case is now being taken to the South Carolina Supreme Court. The San Jose Mercury article is posted in the library.

Author Michael Farris an an attorney and president of Home School Legal Defense Association. He has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court on issues challenging the A.C.L.U. He also wrote Guilt by Association, a good novel dealing with abortion clinics.

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