The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades before Roe V. Wade
by Ann Fessler
A powerful and groundbreaking revelation of the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption in the several decades before Roe v. Wade.
"Although at times rambling and self-pitying, these knowing oral histories are an emotional boon for birth mothers and adoptees struggling to make sense of troubled pasts." - PW.
"Thought-provoking and thoroughly researched." - Library Journal.
"A valuable contribution to the literature on adoption." - Kirkus.
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