This book is a very honest portrayal of women on the three sides of the adoption triangle. There’s the woman who gives up her baby without being allowed to see or hold it, the woman who becomes the child’s mother, and the daughter who searches for her birth mother. Anyone would find it hard not to empathise with such a moving depiction of how women were treated in our society during the 1950’s and later. Knowing that it’s Felicity’s true story gives the social history an extra edge.
“As she grew up she always knew
she had another mother too.”
Very relevant for me – been fruitlessly searching for my birth mother for the last three years – have read a lot but hadn’t heard of this one – must track it down 🙂
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I am not so sure that I will read this Ruth – I have read several books on adoption…as well as being proactive about the issues from time to time. The social history in NZ is very interesting – especially the statistics and the dramatic increase in the 1960s and 1970s. We are not what I suspect would be called an anachronism or something that rarely occurs these days in the 2000’s.
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Fi, I hope you find the book encouraging, and that your search has success.
Carol, you may have already read enough on this subject, but I found this account fascinating.
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just read it tonight – very moving – and interesting how it relates to Christchurch too.
It is an interesting triangle – I can relate to a lot of it!
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That was quick, Fi. Glad you found the book interesting.
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