American Baby
A Mother, a Child, and the Secret History of Adoption
Gabrielle Glaser
The book delves into the history of adoption in the United States, focusing on a case from the 1960s where a mother searches for the son she was forced to give up. It exposes the secretive and often exploitative practices of the adoption industry during that era, including the coercion of birth mothers and the lack of rights afforded to them.
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