A review by lizmart88
Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

Forget what you think you know about adoption - this book will upend everything you think you know. It comes from what should be the most authoritative source on adoption - biological mothers - and yet, their voices are so often missing from the discussion of adoption. Sisson has done the work, interviewing so many parents and taking the time to interview them throughout the years to see how their views have changed (spoiler alert: almost every mother interviewed regrets choosing adoption in some way). This book is hard to read because its so raw. I had a lot of trouble getting through reading about the pain and heartbreak and challenges mothers faced as they navigated unplanned pregnancies and choosing adoption, and the massive unfairness afterward as well as they received little to no mental health care or support at all. I can't recommend it enough. 
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