Bibliograph

You'll forget this ever happened, secrets, shame, and adoption in the 1960s, Laura L. Engel

Type

Label

You'll forget this ever happened, secrets, shame, and adoption in the 1960s, Laura L. Engel

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You'll forget this ever happened

Oclc number

1265345444

Responsibility statement

Laura L. Engel

Sub title

secrets, shame, and adoption in the 1960s

Summary

Laura Engel shares the story of how she was forced as an unwed teenager to live in a maternity home in New Orleans, two hours from her home in Mississippi, and relinquish her son for adoption. Throughout her life, she never forgot her "secret son" and longed to find him. Gradually she learned forgiveness for her parents and for her younger self

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

You will forget this ever happenedSecrets, shame, and adoption in the 1960s

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