{"product_id":"relinquished-the-politics-of-adoption-and-the-privilege-of-american-motherhood","title":"Relinquished:  The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a powerful decade-long examination of adoption in the age of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAdoption has always been viewed as a beloved institution for building families, as well as a mutually agreeable common ground in the abortion debate, but little attention has been paid to the lives of mothers who relinquish infants for private adoption.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelinquished\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals adoption to be a path of constrained choice for those for whom abortion is inaccessible, or for whom parenthood is untenable. The stories of relinquishing mothers are stories about our country's refusal to care for families at the most basic level, and to instead embrace an individual, private solution to a large-scale, social problem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the recent decision in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erevoking abortion protections, we are in a political moment in which adoption is, increasingly, being revealed as an institution devoted to separating families and policing parenthood under the guise of feel-good family-building. Rooted in a long-term study,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRelinquished\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures the in-depth testimonies of American mothers who placed their children for domestic adoption. The voices of these women are powerful and heartrending; they deserve to be heard.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51916952076568,"sku":"9781250887160","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9781250887160_c53d9.jpg?v=1775328468","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/relinquished-the-politics-of-adoption-and-the-privilege-of-american-motherhood","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}