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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade
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The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade (Paperback)♥ Add to Wishlist

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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 ... more

     

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      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.

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 362 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Penguin Books (Jul. 31st, 2007)
      • ISBN-10: 0143038974
      • ISBN-13: 9780143038979
      • Dimensions: 5.58 x 8.42 x 0.80 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.73 lbs
      • Categories: Adoption & Fostering General Women's Studies

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