The girls who went away : [Text] the hidden history of women who surrendered children for adoption in the decades before Roe v. Wade /
by Fessler, Ann.
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BookPublisher: New York Penguin Press 2007, c2006Edition: Hardcover.Description: 362 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0143038974.Subject(s): Birthparents | Adoption -- United States -- Psychological aspectsSummary: Describes the experiences of single women pressured into giving babies up for adoption between 1945 and 1973, drawing from interviews with more than one hundred women to discuss social attitudes of the time, the shaming and confinement women in this situation faced, and the impact the experience had on the rest of their lives.
| Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book | NF 362.82 F (Browse shelf) | Item withdrawn | H037425555 |
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"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Library Journal, March 2006
Booklist starred, March 2006
New York Times, June 2006
Choice, September 2006
Kirkus Review, March 2006
Describes the experiences of single women pressured into giving babies up for adoption between 1945 and 1973, drawing from interviews with more than one hundred women to discuss social attitudes of the time, the shaming and confinement women in this situation faced, and the impact the experience had on the rest of their lives.
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