{"product_id":"relinquished-gretchen-sisson-9781250286772","title":"Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dares to imagine a different world where Americans treat adoption like the justice issue it is.\" ―\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Impressively reported...[Sisson] uses her deep well of knowledge to make the case that adoption is no solution for Americans' reduced access to abortion.\" ―\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mothers for whom the choice to parent was never real \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdoption has always been viewed as a beloved institution for building families, as well as a mutually agreeable common ground in the abortion debate, but little attention has been paid to the lives of mothers who relinquish infants for private adoption. \u003ci\u003eRelinquished\u003c\/i\u003e reveals adoption to be a path of constrained choice for those for whom abortion is inaccessible, or for whom parenthood is untenable. The stories of relinquishing mothers are stories about our country's refusal to care for families at the most basic level, and to instead embrace an individual, private solution to a large-scale, social problem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the recent decision in \u003ci\u003eDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization\u003c\/i\u003e revoking abortion protections, we are in a political moment in which adoption is, increasingly, being revealed as an institution devoted to separating families and policing parenthood under the guise of feel-good family-building. Rooted in a long-term study, \u003ci\u003eRelinquished\u003c\/i\u003e features the in-depth testimonies of American mothers who placed their children for domestic adoption. The voices of these women are powerful and heartrending; they deserve to be heard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gretchen Sisson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250286778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250286772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Gretchen Sisson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133212356863,"sku":"9781250286772","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6af13973-9cda-4133-8d63-ccbb9e36e805.jpg?v=1687484750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/relinquished-gretchen-sisson-9781250286772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}