Episode Details

It happened on August 15, 1945, as Bostonians celebrated the end of World War II.  A well-dressed woman asked a teenage newsboy to watch her newborn baby,  promising to return after running a quick errand.  She never did.  “Little Mister Victory”: A Daughter’s Search for the Woman Who Abandoned Her Father on VJ Day,” is the true story of a quest, by the baby’s daughter, to find the woman who abandoned her father.

Novelist and historian David Kruh teamed up with the daughter Tina Garvey Drzal to solve a life-long mystery.  It is a riveting story of family secrets, the impact of legacy and colorful Boston history that presents some shocking surprises along the way!