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Surrender is a memoir of a young woman giving birth outside of wedlock in the early 1960s and the effects it had on her and her relationships. While this book is very onesided on the issues it presents, it is a memoir so the author is speaking from her experience. This book talks heavily about family problems and the negative effects that can come from adoption.
This book left me speechless. MacDonald's ability to recall her life in a beautifully, heartwrenching, and educational manner blew me away. Normally, I find it very easy to get confused with books that do not go in chronological order, but everything in this story was engaging and easy to follow. I loved the layout of this book with the shorter chapters that were never dull, photos, and facts spread throughout the whole text. This was a very educational text on the subject of family planning in the early '60s and how the system and society were failing so many young people.
Surrender is a memoir of a young woman giving birth outside of wedlock in the early 1960s and the effects it had on her and her relationships. While this book is very onesided on the issues it presents, it is a memoir so the author is speaking from her experience. This book talks heavily about family problems and the negative effects that can come from adoption.
This book left me speechless. MacDonald's ability to recall her life in a beautifully, heartwrenching, and educational manner blew me away. Normally, I find it very easy to get confused with books that do not go in chronological order, but everything in this story was engaging and easy to follow. I loved the layout of this book with the shorter chapters that were never dull, photos, and facts spread throughout the whole text. This was a very educational text on the subject of family planning in the early '60s and how the system and society were failing so many young people.