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Girls Who Went Away : The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade by Ann Fessler (2007, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143038974

ISBN-139780143038979

eBay Product ID (ePID)57087657

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Book TitleGirls Who Went Away : The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicWomen, Women's Studies, Adoption & Fostering

GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAnn Fessler

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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ReviewsJournalism 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 )

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Table Of ContentThe Girls Who Went Away 1. 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

Synopsis"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 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. 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., "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 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. 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., In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time 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. 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., This powerful revelation uncovers the astonishing, untold history of the million-and-a-half women who surrendered children for adoption in the decades before "Roe v. Wade."