Title:
Taken at birth : stolen babies, hidden lies, and my journey to finding home / Jane Blasio.
ISBN:
9780800739416
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Publication Information:
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
217 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Stolen babies -- Elvis Presley Sunday religion -- Promise kept -- Long haul to Georgia -- Casing McCaysville -- And other stories -- Walls crumbled -- Friend of the family -- 1997 -- Where the babies went -- Just past Nicholson's -- Sweet tea and fireflies on Blalock Mountain -- The rise and fall -- A beautiful dance -- Taken at birth-- the opening act -- Taken at birth-- time well spent -- Finding home -- Conclusion: And love is everything.
Summary:
"From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a small North Georgia town. Sometimes their babies exited out the back, sold to northern couples who were desperate to hold a newborn in their arms. But these weren't adoptions--they were transactions. And one unethical doctor was exploiting other people's tragedies. Jane Blasio was one of those babies. At six, she learned she was adopted. At fourteen, she first saw her birth certificate, which led her to begin piecing together details of her past. Jane undertook a decades-long personal investigation to not only discover her own origins but identify and reunite other victims of the Hicks Clinic human trafficking scheme. Along the way she became an expert in illicit adoptions, serving as an investigator and telling her story on every major news network. Taken at Birth is the remarkable account of her tireless quest for truth, justice, and resolution." -- Back cover.
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OCLC Number:
on1226175592
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