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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| Rating | : | 4.76 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143038974 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 362 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. More than one birth mother was emotionally paralyzed until she finally met the child she'd relinquished years earlier. Fessler, a photography professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, is an adoptee whose birth mother confessed that she had given her away even though her fiancé, who wasn't Fessler's father, was willing to raise her. (May 8)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to keep the baby," says Joyce, in a story typical of the birth mothers, mostly white and middle-class, who vent here about being forced to give up their babies for adoption from the 1950s through the early '70s. Although at times rambling and s
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
If you know one of "The Girls Who Went Away", this is a must read! Mr. 76 it is unbelievable that teenagers in a First World country were treated this way. Personal story after personal story, the horrors of getting pregnant too early in life or out of wedlock are told. Lots of behaviorial rules on this. Even so, sex edcation was not taught by parents or school. Girls and boys were left to figure it out for themselves. Girls who have sex outside of the rules get taught a very special lesson. The boys, maybe not.The . Rhonda Harper, MA, RPL, NREMT said This Explains A Lot!!!!!. I actually ordered this book for a friend of mine that was struggling with being adopted. Over the years she has tried her best to get in touch with the birth mother just to answer some questions and find out about her lineage. My friend is now 51 years old and over the past This Explains A Lot!!!!! I actually ordered this book for a friend of mine that was struggling with being adopted. Over the years she has tried her best to get in touch with the birth mother just to answer some questions and find out about her lineage. My friend is now 51 years old and over the past 30 years the birth mother at every turn has refused any type of contact with her. She just wants to know information if there is no relationship then there is no relations. 0 years the birth mother at every turn has refused any type of contact with her. She just wants to know information if there is no relationship then there is no relations. Tells it like it was! Deeny I am of the generation affected, I remember girls who went away. The ones I knew seemed far different after they returned to school. And the rumors always went around anyways. I guess the girl's parents always thought they were keeping everything hush-hush. Yet sometimes the girl herself would return to school and tell her close friends where she had actually been. And of course, those friends told other friends, and those friends told Sometim