
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade
Ann Fessler
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade
Ann Fessler
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Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2006).
This powerful revelation uncovers the astonishing, untold history of the million-and-a-half women who surrendered children for adoption in the several decades before "Roe v. Wade."
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- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2006)
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