Interesting memoir

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This is a well written memoir focusing on a mother’s experience of having to give up her oldest child for adoption. I really enjoyed the parts that were about the author’s own experiences both in her childhood and her pregnancy. It was a different time and it was interesting (and horrifying) to read about how difficult it was before easy access birth control options. It was sad to think that it was not just teenagers in the home for unwed mothers - the term was literal and there were women of all ages forced to hide away their pregnancy. I didn’t love as much the author’s descriptions of how adoption greatly negatively impacts a child at a biological level. I know this is not the only opinion and the presentation of it as fact irked me. I also struggled with the author’s devotion to her boyfriend, but that struggle was good as it forced to me to step away from my perspective and step into her shoes. A good book challenges your perspective and this book did that. It also highlighted how far women’s rights and reproduction rights have come and only cemented how important those are.