Marylee McDonald has written an honest, heart wrenching and compassionate memoir. Surrender is a wonderful book written to explain the authors journey through life to her son. Marylee was teenager who went into survival mode when her adoptive parents decide to get a divorce. In 1961, Marylee was devastated by her parents decisions, and thought she finally had it all when she fell in love with a Catholic boy. But when she finds herself pregnant, will she give her own child up for adoption(as she was), or will she raised him herself? Is it more important to be raised in your birth family, or to be given up in the name of love to a family who may be able to provide you with more?
The reader will go through all the ups and downs with this young mother, as she does her best to explain her choices to her son. The story this book tells will bring out many emotions and show a side of parenthood that most people arenβt even aware of. You will learn so much from this book and your heart will forever be changed!
The reader will go through all the ups and downs with this young mother, as she does her best to explain her choices to her son. The story this book tells will bring out many emotions and show a side of parenthood that most people arenβt even aware of. You will learn so much from this book and your heart will forever be changed!