![]() ![]() ![]() Something else made me want to read the book, too. I know some of those birth mothers. I know some of their daughters and sons. I am not one of the children, but at age 58 I am just the right (wrong?) age to be their acquaintance. Wade” by Ann Fessler (The Penguin Press) is a finalist for the NBCC Award in Nonfiction.Ī couple of years ago, they seemed nearly invisible, despite numbering perhaps 1.5 million. They are the women who became pregnant during the middle of the twentieth century, felt that illegal abortion served as an unattractive option, so gave birth away from the family home, often bathed in shame. Then gave up their babies for adoption.Īnn Fessler is one of those adopted babies. She decided to research the phenomenon of the birth mothers. She calls them “the girls who went away,” a poignant quadruple-entendre phrase that immediately made me want to read the book. “The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. ![]()
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