{"product_id":"the-guild-of-the-infant-saviour-an-adopted-childs-memory-book-volume-1-paperback","title":"The Guild of the Infant Saviour: An Adopted Child's Memory Book Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Culhane Galbraith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In its generous scope, Galbraith's book honors the depth and mystery of all human lives, whether we grew up with birth parents or not.\" --Mary Gaitskill\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shortly before \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e legalized abortion, adoptee Megan Culhane Galbraith was born in a Catholic charity hospital in New York City to a teenaged resident of the Guild of the Infant Saviour, a home for unwed mothers. Decades later, on the eve of becoming a mother herself, she would travel to the former guild site; to her birth mother's home in Scotland; and to Cornell University, where she discovered the startling history of its Domestic Economics program. There, from 1919 to 1969, coeds applied scientific principles to domesticity as they collectively mothered a rotating cast of babies awaiting adoption. The babies shared the last name Domecon and provided the inspiration for Galbraith's art project, \u003ci\u003eThe Dollhouse.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guild of the Infant Saviour \u003c\/i\u003eis a dizzyingly inventive hybrid memoir of one adoptee's quest for her past. Galbraith pairs narrative with images from \u003ci\u003eThe Dollhouse \u003c\/i\u003eas she weaves a personal and cultural history of adoption as it relates to guilt, shame, grief, identity, and memory itself. Ultimately, she connects her experiences to those of generations of adoptees, to the larger stories America tells about sex and motherhood, and to the shadows those stories cast on us all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan Culhane Galbraith is a writer and visual artist. Her work was a Notable Mention in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e 2017, has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes, and has been published in \u003ci\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedivider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHobart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLongreads\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHotel Amerika\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is Associate Director of the Bennington Writing Seminars and the founding director of the Governor's Institutes of Vermont Young Writers Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768385012000,"sku":"9780814257913","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/005d3eb44e980fb6e31fe477c14b6fa5.webp?v=1780328338","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-guild-of-the-infant-saviour-an-adopted-childs-memory-book-volume-1-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}