American baby : a mother, a child, and the shadow history of adoption /

The shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other, As Baby Boomers became teenagers in 1960s America, women were encouraged to stay home and raise large families, but sex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Glaser, Gabrielle (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
Subjects:	Rosenberg, David, > 1961-2014. Katz, Margaret Erle. Adopted children > United States. Adoption > United States > History > 20th century. Adoption agencies > Corrupt practices > United States > History > 20th century. Teenage mothers > United States > Social conditions > 20th century. Birthparents > Identification. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. HISTORY / Social History.

Table of Contents:

Family matters
Teenagers in love
"We're going to have to take care of this"
Girls in trouble
"Children of your own one day"
"You don't get to hold your own baby"
"This never happened"
Blue-ribbon babies
"Better" families
The right future
Childless mother
Breathing exercises
Agency
"You are a man"
Going west
Deferred love
No more secrets.