{"product_id":"the-myth-of-surrender-hardcover","title":"The Myth of Surrender - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelly O'Connor McNees\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the most important decision of your life was not yours to make? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis vivid and powerful novel follows two women whose paths intersect at a maternity home in the \"Baby Scoop Era.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1960, free-spirited Doreen is a recent high-school grad and waitress in a Chicago diner. She doesn't know Margie, sixteen and bookish, who lives a sheltered suburban life, but they soon meet when unplanned pregnancies send them to the Holy Family Home for the Wayward in rural Illinois. Assigned as roommates because their due dates line up, Margie and Doreen navigate Holy Family's culture of secrecy and shame and become fast friends as the weight of their coming decision -- to keep or surrender their babies -- becomes clear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept, they soon realize, the decision has already been made for them. Holy Family, like many of the maternity homes where 1.5 million women \"relinquished\" their babies in what is now known as the Baby Scoop Era, is not interested in what the birth mothers want. In its zeal to make the babies \"legitimate\" in closed adoptions, Holy Family manipulates and bullies birth mothers, often coercing them to sign away their parental rights while still under the effects of anesthesia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens next, as their babies are born and they leave Holy Family behind, will force each woman to confront the depths and limits of motherhood and friendship, and fight to reclaim control over their own lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUndiscovered Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Surrender \u003c\/i\u003eexplores a hidden chapter of American history that still reverberates across the lives of millions of women and their children.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767235969312,"sku":"9781643139302","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e06b03b17adbcd4fe612ed8b017649af.webp?v=1780307215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-myth-of-surrender-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}