![]() ![]() In its zeal to make the babies “legitimate” in closed adoptions, Holy Family manipulates and bullies birth mothers, often coercing them to sign away their parental rights while still under the effects of anesthesia. ![]() Holy Family, like many of the maternity homes where 1.5 million women “relinquished” their babies in what is now known as the Baby Scoop Era, is not interested in what the birth mothers want. Assigned as roommates because their due dates line up, Margie and Doreen navigate Holy Family’s culture of secrecy and shame and become fast friends as the weight of their coming decision - to keep or surrender their babies - becomes clear.Įxcept, they soon realize, the decision has already been made for them. She doesn't know Margie, sixteen and bookish, who lives a sheltered suburban life, but they soon meet when unplanned pregnancies send them to the Holy Family Home for the Wayward in rural Illinois. In 1960, free-spirited Doreen is a recent high-school grad and waitress in a Chicago diner. ![]() What if the most important decision of your life was not yours to make? This vivid and powerful novel follows two women whose paths intersect at a maternity home in the "Baby Scoop Era." ![]() What if the most important decision of your life was not yours to make? Kelly O’Connor McNees, author of The Myth of Surrender will be joining us to share her new novel that takes place during the “Baby Scoop Era.” ![]()
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