Description
A thoughtful and emotional multigenerational story of contested motherhood and the stigma of adoptionequal parts biography, oral history, history, and memoir.
Kim Heikkilas mother had a secret: in 1961, two years before her marriage, she became pregnant. After several months hidden in her parents attic bedroom, she gave birth to a daughter at the Salvation Armys Booth Memorial Hospital, a home for unwed mothers in St. Paul, and surrendered her for adoption. More than 30 years later, Kims older sister reunited with her birth family. Kims mother had written about her experiences, but after she died, Kim still had questions. Using careful research and sensitive interviews with other Booth girls, Heikkila tells the stories of the Booth hospital and the women who passed through itand she learned more about her own experience as an adoptive mother.
Author: Kim Heikkila
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 03/02/2021
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781681341903
Language: English
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