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In which my sweet Granny comes up once again.

September 6, 2017 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

I guess I should’ve expected how close to home this would hit: the subtitle sums it up. It revolves around the oral histories of women who were sent to homes for unwed mothers in the 1940s-1960s, their nearly-always coerced adoptions, their lives after surrendering, their reunions if they ever occurred. I am part of a birth family: my mother relinquished my two younger siblings for adoption, and it defined my childhood. Adoption is such a sore nerve, I almost never read about it. Besides which, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1940s. 1950s, 1960s, adoptees, adoption, Ann Fessler, birth families, sociology, The Girls Who Went Away

Blingle Bells's CBR9 Review No:23 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: 1940s. 1950s, 1960s, adoptees, adoption, Ann Fessler, birth families, sociology, The Girls Who Went Away ·
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