{"product_id":"9780143038979-the-girls-who-went-away","title":"The Girls Who Went Away","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A wrenching, riveting book.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the hidden social history of adoption before \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e - and its lasting legacy. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56592297296246,"sku":"9780143038979","price":11.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33677853.jpg?v=1762259746","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780143038979-the-girls-who-went-away","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}