Book Description & Reviews

ISBN: 9781594200946 1594200947 Personal Author: Fessler, Ann. Title: The girls who went away : the hidden history of women who surrendered children for adoption in the decades before Roe v. Wade / Ann Fessler. Publication Information: New York : Penguin Press, 2006. Physical Description: 354 p. ; 25 cm. Contents: My own story as an adoptee -- Breaking the silence -- Good girls v. bad girls -- Discovery and shame -- Family's fears -- Going away -- Birth and surrender -- Aftermath -- Search and reunion -- Talking and listening -- Every mother but my own. Subject Term: Birthmothers United States. Adoption United States Psychological aspects.

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