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02069aam a2200337 i 4500 001 B19B1B42982F11EB90148E4C22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210408010014 008 210325s2021 mnua b 001 0ceng d 020 $a 9781681341903 020 $a 1681341905 035 $a (OCoLC)1243279534 040 $a GO3 $b eng $e rda $c GO3 $d GO3 $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d SDB $d BUP $d SILO 043 $a n-us-mn 100 1 $a Heikkila, Kim, $d 1968- $e author. 245 10 $a Booth girls : $b pregnancy, adoption, and the secrets we kept / $c Kim Heikkila. 264 1 $a St. Paul, MN : $b Minnesota Historical Society press, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 246 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-239) and index. 520 $a A thoughtful and emotional multigenerational story of contested motherhood and the stigma of adoption--equal parts biography, oral history, history, and memoir. Kim Heikkila's mother had a secret: in 1961, two years before her marriage, she became pregnant. After several months hidden in her parents' attic bedroom, she gave birth to a daughter at the Salvation Army's Booth Memorial Hospital, a home for unwed mothers in St. Paul, and surrendered her for adoption. More than 30 years later, Kim's older sister reunited with her birth family. Kim's mother had written about her experiences, but after she died, Kim still had questions. Using careful research and sensitive interviews with other "Booth girls," Heikkila tells the stories of the Booth hospital and the women who passed through it--and she learned more about her own experience as an adoptive mother. 650 0 $a Unmarried mothers $z Saint Paul $z Saint Paul $x Biography. 650 0 $a Motherhood. 650 0 $a Adoption. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters. 941 $a 4 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305021050.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20211229010351.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210903015037.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210408010215.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B19B1B42982F11EB90148E4C22ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search