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Alex Lemon: IMG Everyone Called Me "Happy"

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Reunion: A Year in Letters Between a Birthmother and the Daughter She Couldn't Keep

by Katie Hern

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Publisher Comments:

After decades of separation, 26-year-old adoptee Katie Hern writes to her birthmother, Ellen McGarry Carlson. Written over a course of one year, this book follows the women's progress - from elation to understanding to accepting - and efforts to create an honest relationship. After several months, mother and daughter finally meet face-to-face in an emotional and exhilarating reunion.

Synopsis:

The extraordinary correspondence, written over a year's span, between an adopted daughter and her birthmother.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781580050302
Subtitle:
A Year in Letters Between a Birthmother and the Daughter She Couldn't Keep
Foreword:
Fisher, Florence
Foreword:
Fisher, Florence
Author:
Hern, Katie
Author:
McGarry Carlson, Ellen
Author:
Carlson, Ellen McGarry
Author:
Fisher, Florence
Publisher:
Seal Press (CA)
Location:
Seattle, Wa. :
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
Specific Groups
Subject:
Adoption
Subject:
Mothers and daughters
Subject:
Adoptees
Subject:
Birthmothers
Subject:
Specific Groups - General
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278).
Series Volume:
93-R027
Publication Date:
September 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
7.51x5.26x.78 in. .62 lbs.
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