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06162aam a22010458i 4500 001 37D654705FA411EB99B0F8004FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220519010419 008 200410t20212021nyua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2020005338 020 $a 0735224684 020 $a 9780735224681 035 $a (OCoLC)1125353156 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d JSE $d OCLCO $d IFK $d TCH $d IK2 $d OCLCO $d UAP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV875.55 $b .G59 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Glaser, Gabrielle, $e author. 245 10 $a American baby : $b a mother, a child, and the shadow history of adoption / $c Gabrielle Glaser. 246 30 $a Mother, a child, and the shadow history of adoption 264 1 $a New York : $b Viking, $c [2021] 300 $a 343 pages ; $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-327) and index. 520 $a "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 and childbirth were taboo subjects. Premarital sex was common, but birth control was hard to get and abortion was illegal. In 1961, sixteen-year-old Margaret Erle fell in love and became pregnant. Her enraged family sent her to a maternity home, and after she gave birth, she wasn't even allowed her to hold her own son. Social workers threatened her with jail until she signed away her parental rights. Her son vanished, his whereabouts and new identity known only to an adoption agency that would never share the slightest detail about his fate. Claiming to be acting in the best interests of all, the adoption business was founded on secrecy and lies. American Baby lays out how a lucrative and exploitative industry removed children from their birth mothers and placed them with hopeful families, fabricating stories about infants' origins and destinations, then closing the door firmly between the parties forever. Adoption agencies and other organizations that purported to help pregnant women struck unethical deals with doctors and researchers for pseudoscientific "assessments," and shamed millions of young women into surrendering their children. Gabrielle Glaser dramatically demonstrates the power of the expectations and institutions that Margaret faced. Margaret went on to marry and raise a large family with David's father, but she never stopped longing for and worrying about her firstborn. She didn't know he spent the first years of his life living just a few blocks away from her; as he grew, he wondered about where he came from and why he was given up. Their tale--one they share with millions of Americans--is one of loss, love, and the search for identity. Adoption's closed records are being legally challenged in states nationwide. Open adoption is the rule today, but the identities of many who were adopted or who surrendered a child in the postwar decades are locked in sealed files. American Baby illuminates a dark time in our history and shows a path to reunion that can help heal the wounds inflicted by years of shame and secrecy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Rosenberg, David, $d 1961-2014. 600 10 $a Katz, Margaret Erle. 650 0 $a Adopted children $z United States. 650 0 $a Adoption $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Adoption agencies $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Teenage mothers $z United States $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Birthparents $x Identification. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 54 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015543.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409040102.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012014.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314021754.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305043225.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305021451.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104020522.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207014823.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025012648.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010022908.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014138.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310012555.0 952 $l WBPB115 $d 20230209023844.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230207010241.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022740.0 952 $l VQPC384 $d 20230114015621.0 952 $l YFPC572 $d 20221022012542.0 952 $l KTPC296 $d 20220906014735.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20220804030625.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728015320.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20220601010750.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20220601010608.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20220422010141.0 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20220405022310.0 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20220303013251.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20220208011825.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20220204010605.0 952 $l BIPB251 $d 20211215012819.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20211027010230.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020010901.0 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20210917011635.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20210831011150.0 952 $l LTAX046 $d 20210729011302.0 952 $l FPPC224 $d 20210727010541.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722062954.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20210713013807.0 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20210526010243.0 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20210521010412.0 952 $l GNPB062 $d 20210504011532.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20210427030000.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210415010155.0 952 $l YXPB162 $d 20210402014336.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210402013636.0 952 $l VOPB384 $d 20210316010159.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210304015114.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20210302012328.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20210302012214.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210302011921.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20210302010407.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20210211012015.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20210211010800.0 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20210129010334.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210128010632.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210126011220.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=37D654705FA411EB99B0F8004FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search