{"product_id":"hole-in-my-heart-lorraine-dusky-9781951479794","title":"Hole in My Heart: Love and Loss in the Fault Lines of Adoption","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the days before Roe v. Wade, an ambitious young journalist, abandoned by her hometown beau, leaves Michigan for a dream job on the city desk of a Rochester, New York newspaper. Burned once, she's eager for love, but as the only Girl in the newsroom, she's more concerned with finding allies and making friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a new leading man appears, she recognizes a kindred spirit. Soon her bylined stories claim front-page space; however, an unplanned pregnancy forces her to shift her focus from deadlines to decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith adoption on the horizon, she pushes her man to make a commitment. Sadly, he wants her, but not their daughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Dusky ever find the little girl she longed to raise, and if she does, what will be the fallout from their years apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHole in My Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, the author uses her skills as a journalist to report on the social history and long-term consequences of adoption and family separation. If you like true stories with strong women narrators, you'll love Lorraine Dusky's timely and heartrending memoir about motherhood, identity, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a leader in the movement to reform adoption practices and the first to come out of the era's closet of shame. With footnotes, bibliography and index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorraine Dusky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951479793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951479794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.19d","brand":"Lorraine Dusky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132255531263,"sku":"9781951479794","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0a51e3c-4a10-4fec-ac76-17af5ea69ac6.jpg?v=1687479134","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hole-in-my-heart-lorraine-dusky-9781951479794","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}