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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the DecadesBefore Roe v. Wade | |||||||
 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Catalog: Book Release date: 2007-06-26 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 368 Ean: 9780143038979 Book Isbn: 0143038974  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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| In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail. |
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Written on February 5, 2008 Summary: Not really about Roe v Wade - but good to read This book is not about Roe v. Wade but is really about the lack of education on how our bodies work, how to handle your own urges and those of your partners, how to prevent pregnancy and the transmission of disease. It was good to read these interviews and to know that many of these women are now healing. Isn't it also appalling that many of the women interviewed had no explanation of what to expect during labor and delivery even when they were in a home for un-wed mothers with 'professionals'. I know that many families still do not talk about 'it' at all. We can have sex education in schools, access to birth control and understanding of how to postpone sex, avoid feeling pressured into sex and to let young people know that there will always be someone to talk to. We, our society, can help prevent unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. I felt that more of the book could have addressed what can be done now. Written on October 2, 2007 Summary: History of Adoption Issues This book was recommended to me by one of the subjects within. As I am an adoptee who was surrendered in the mid 1960's I found the books revelations both informative and unsettling. I had never put the picture in my head of how socially motivated and financially interested some of the adoption agencies of the time were nor the gamut of emotions felt by these birthmothers. This is well researched from a historical standpoint as well as a facinating read delving into the very human feelings shared by those in the triad of adoption. Feelings, I might add, that are not well understood by those outside of this subculture. I have recommended this book to several counselor friends of mine and would do the same for anyone who may find themselves across the couch from persons involved in the adoption process. Mrs. Fessler's book flows very smoothly and is quite an easy read. The books stories are filled with the heart wrenching fear, dissapointment, guilt, anguish and uncertainty felt by many birthmothers but the ultimate message is one of underlying love, resolution and final completion. My final thoughts were of hope. Hope for governmental reform in its policies, hope for institutional reform in their practices and proceedures and hope for adoptee and birth parent alike in the illimination of uncertainties and for final completeness.  Written on September 27, 2007 Summary: Gone but not forgotten I got this for a family member who was/is one of the 'Girls Who Went Away'. Turned out that my younger brother had already sent her a copy. She rated it 5 stars as an accurate depiction of the subject in that era (I remember her going passing through the extremities of the family structure on her way to a Salvation Army home). Read this if you don't understand why reproductive freedom is so important. Written on August 4, 2007 Summary: Blown away by this "unspoken" part of our past..... This in an incredible book written about a period in time that is truly difficult for someone of my generation (age 42) to comprehend. The author does an excellent job of weaving her interviewing experiences with facts of the times and these incredible life stories. I would highly recommend this book to everyone (and have). Written on July 1, 2007 Summary: Heartbreaking and fascinating If you're interested in social history, "The Girls Who Went Away" makes for a fascinating read. Ann Fessler interviewed dozens of women who were sent to homes for "unwed mothers" between the 1945 and 1973. The tales the women tale are harrowing and extremely human. Interspersed with the interviews are Fessler's essays about society at the time, and how the post-war situation affected the average family. The book overturned several assumptions I had always made about life in that time period, e.g., that not many teens were sexually active. The shame of sexuality at the time, and the ridiculous lack of information teenagers were given about their own bodies, created a climate in which thousands of girls became pregnant and were forced to hide out from the world, until they could give birth, relinquish the baby, and return to "normal" teen life. Unfortunately, the reality wasn't so simple. The devastating emotional impact of bringing a pregnancy to term, and then having to give up the child, often without so much as seeing it, haunted these women for the rest of their days. The intense secrecy that surrounded the issue only made things worse. It's impossible to read the book without feeling sympathy for these young women, who were given so little control over their own lives. Although the book doesn't answer every question about adoption, or about how to deal with the problem of teen pregnancy, it's a valuable work that makes a big contribution to our understanding of motherhood. Hopefully psychologists, educators and legislators will learn some lessons from it. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2007-06-26 | 2007-01-30 | 2000-06-01 | 1993-04 | 2006-05-04 | 1994-06-01 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback |
| Format | - | - | - | - | Bargain Price | - |
| Number of pages | 368 | 368 | 308 | 231 | 368 | 363 |
| Ean | 9780143038979 | 9780143038252 | 9780967414508 | 9780963648006 | - | 9780140512953 |
| Book Isbn | 0143038974 | 0143038257 | 0967414504 | 0963648004 | - | 0140512950 |
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