Hole in My Heart : Love and Loss in the Fault Lines of Adoption

Summary: "Hole in My Heart" is the deeply personal story of a journalist from a working-class background who fought glass-ceiling battles at home and in the newsroom. Back in the 1960s, before contraceptives were widely available, she became pregnant and surrendered her child to adoption. Although she kept the birth of her baby deeply secret, she became a leading advocate for unsealing adoptees' birth records. In 1975, she was the first to confront the public shame of relinquishing her daughter and speak about the experience in the media. In 1979, her controversial memoir, "Birthmark", pulled back the curtain on the emotional damage caused by severing the mother-child bond. Ultimately, she reunited with her daughter, and they built a relationship that lasted until her daughter's tragic end. "Hole in My Heart" is a story of love, loss, and redemption. It is the story of a woman's heart, broken and mended.