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The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption Kindle Edition
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDa Capo Press
- Publication dateApril 29, 2009
- File size647 KB
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in 2007!
An episode in American adoption history little remembered by the public at large, the crimes of nationally-lauded Memphis orphanage director Georgia Tann are skillfully and passionately recounted by freelance writer Raymond...A rigorous, fascinating, page-turning tale.” Publishers Weekly starred review
A fascinating dark tale of Ms. Tann's influence [that] gives voice to the brokenhearted children and their birth parents damaged by her actions. [R]iveting.” Dallas Morning News
Raymond recounts this astonishing and horrifying true story with tremendous self-awareness and intrepid research into Tann's ongoing legacy.” The Tampa Tribune
Fascinating, insightful, chilling and compelling. A very important book and a terrific read.” Adam Pertman, Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and author of Adoption Nation
"The Baby Thief is a hallmark of investigative journalisman emotionally charged story of families living through a dark and complex time in American history. It is handled with honesty and tact. It will change you forever."--Doris Booth, Authorlink.com
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- ASIN : B009W748I2
- Publisher : Da Capo Press (April 29, 2009)
- Publication date : April 29, 2009
- Language : English
- File size : 647 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 322 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #232,256 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #55 in Adoption (Kindle Store)
- #62 in Southern U.S. Biographies
- #173 in Adoption (Books)
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I thought it was odd, uncomfortable actually when the author abruptly started telling her story, not of being adopted but because she had adopted a baby and doing this research brought up feelings about her experience adopting. We went from a gripping investigative piece to a first-person journal entry and then back to the investigation. If I were her editor, I would have left that in the Foreward or Preface. It distracted from the many more cases of adopted kids and broken families she could have spent her time on. The writing was generally clear and informative.
I wrote it in my heading but they may make me change it... this b_____ is TRULY FORTUNATE she was in Hell by the time I was born & had my children! I probably would've made it my MISSION IN LIFE to destroy her!!! What a heinous human - well, I won't say she was a human being - no person with FEELINGS could ever do that, much less make a living from it!!
I mean, IF she just wanted to help girls who - got in trouble & she charged the adoptive parents... THAT IS WHAT humans do!! She could've done that but to TAKE; I don't care if they were poor - poor people have more LOVE!!!! (& less fat!!) She was a ... UGH ... vile person!!
I gave it 5 stars b/c people should KNOW about this! Here we are, these days with so MANY DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS, that oddly they didn't have 100 years ago. Well, no one knew (or did anything about it) so .... rather than blame vaccines that have proven to keep our society healthier; why aren't we all doing our DNA to see WHO we're related to & make sure we don't marry our cousins because of this greedy wench!!!! It wouldn't be this generation, it would've been our grandparents in the 30 & 40's! (Well, MY grandparents were born in the 30's ... FAR AWAY FROM this rag bag, (up north) Thank you Lord! I'm blessed they're still with me to see MY children grow! Well my Grandma has had Alzheimer's for a few years now. I don't like to talk about it b/c I lost my paternal grandfather to Alzheimer's in early 2016)
It's an almost unbelievable story, but there are many people who - obviously were affected by her deeds, there are, as I said above - probably hundreds of thousands more who have NO IDEA their lives were affected by her! IF parents "planned" to tell their kids one day but they both passed away in a tragic accident when they were little - those kids STILL still think those people were their biological parents!! People truly need to realize what just ONE lie can do.
Read when you're not in a bad mood or angry because this story & this ... woman will make you angry...And it'll make you hug your kids!!
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Gracias a la autora por su enorme esfuerzo.





