A thoughtful and emotional multigenerational story of contested motherhood and the stigma of adoption--equal parts biography, oral history, history, and memoir.
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Paul, and surrendered her for adoption.
After several months hidden in her parents\' attic bedroom, she gave birth to a daughter at the Salvation Army\'s Booth Memorial Hospital, a home for unwed mothers in St.
Kim Heikkila \'s mother had a secret: in 1961, two years before her marriage, she became pregnant.
A thoughtful and emotional multigenerational story of contested motherhood and the stigma of adoption--equal parts biography, oral history, history, and memoir