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The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
By Ann Fessler
By Ann Fessler
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Jun 26, 2007 | ISBN 9780143038979
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About The Girls Who Went Away
The astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. “It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post “A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A wrenching, riveting book.”—Chicago Tribune
In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the hidden social history of adoption before Roe v. Wade – and its lasting legacy.An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail.
About The Girls Who Went Away
The astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. “It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post “A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A wrenching, riveting book.”—Chicago Tribune
In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the hidden social history of adoption before Roe v. Wade – and its lasting legacy.An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail.
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About Ann Fessler
Ann Fessler is professor of photography at Rhode Island School of Design and a specialist in video-installation art. She won a prestigious Radcliffe Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, for 2004, to complete her extensive research… More about Ann Fessler
About Ann Fessler
Ann Fessler is professor of photography at Rhode Island School of Design and a specialist in video-installation art. She won a prestigious Radcliffe Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, for 2004, to complete her extensive research… More about Ann Fessler
Product Details
Category: Parenting |
Paperback | $18.00
Published by Penguin Books
Jun 26, 2007 | 368 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143038979
Category: Parenting |
Ebook | $13.99
Published by Penguin Books
Jun 26, 2007 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9781101644294
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Praise
“Journalism of the first order, moving and informative in equal measure.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A wrenching, riveting book.”—Chicago Tribune
“Haunting.” —People
“It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post
“Compelling, heartrending reading.” —Portland Tribune
“An astonishing oral history.” —Salon.com
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Awards WINNER
Table Of Contents
The Girls Who Went Away1. My Own Story as an Adoptee
2. Breaking the Silence
Dorothy II
Annie
3. Good Girls v. Bad Girls
Nancy I
Claudia
4. Discovery and Shame
Marge
Yvonne
5. The Family’s Fears
Jeanette
Ruth
6. Going Away
Karen I
Pam
7. Birth and Surrender
Margaret
Leslie
8. The Aftermath
Susan III
Madeline
9. Search and Reunion
Susan II
Jennifer
10. Talking and Listening
Lydia
Linda I
11. Every Mother but My Own
Afterword
A Note on the Interviews
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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