Surrender - by Marylee MacDonald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A touching memoir about identity, adoption, and young love.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away.<p><br></p><p>Adopted at birth, Marylee's parents told her she was a "chosen child." She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents' divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy.</p><p><br></p><p>Convinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nature vs. nurture: </strong> Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew?</p><p>In telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child?</p><p><br></p><p>If you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, read Marylee MacDonald's<strong> funny and poignant</strong> memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A touching personal account of a journey to understanding and acceptance; informative and unsettling."--KIRKUS REVIEWS</p><br>
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