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'The Girls Who Went Away': Birth Mothers' Stories [audio 17min]

Ann Fessler talks about her new book, The Girls Who Went Away. Using her own story of adoption as a basis for her book, Fessler tells the story of over a million women who surrendered children for adoption prior to legalized abortion. Fessler is a photography professor at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Read entire article at NPR "Fresh Air from WHYY"