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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
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Ann Fessler
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
May 4, 2006
Pages
354
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781594200946
ISBN-10
1594200947
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.35 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$24.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A critique of the consequences of policies enforced after World War II prior to Roe v. Wade, written by an adoptee, describes how countless single women were compelled to give up their children and how their situations were devastatingly compromised by the growing sexual revolution, limited birth control options, unrealistic social standards, and the unavailability of safe abortions. 60,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
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from Penguin USA (May 4, 2006)
9781594200946 | details & prices | 354 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $24.95
About: This book brings to light the lives of 1.
About: This book brings to light the lives of 1.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (June 26, 2007)
9780143038979 | details & prices | 362 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Describes how countless single women were compelled to give up their children for adoption in the years prior to Roe v.
About: Describes how countless single women were compelled to give up their children for adoption in the years prior to Roe v.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 8, 2008)
9781439559987 | details & prices | 362 pages | List price $24.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
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