{"product_id":"surrender-marylee-macdonald-9781951479299","title":"Surrender: A memoir of nature, nurture, and love","description":"Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdopted at birth, Marylee's parents told her she was a \"chosen child.\" She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents' divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConvinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNature vs. nurture: \u003c\/strong\u003e Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, read Marylee MacDonald's\u003cstrong\u003e funny and poignant\u003c\/strong\u003e memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marylee MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951479297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951479299\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 11\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020","brand":"Marylee MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986589581567,"sku":"9781951479299","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4d98cd3-0734-4b8b-a0b7-323f1970a7cb.jpg?v=1683284249","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surrender-marylee-macdonald-9781951479299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}