The Girls Who Went Away
By Ann Fessler
By Ann Fessler
By Ann Fessler
By Ann Fessler
Category: Parenting | Biography & Memoir
Category: Parenting | Biography & Memoir
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$19.00
Jun 26, 2007 | ISBN 9780143038979
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Jun 26, 2007 | 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
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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