{"product_id":"twice-born-memoirs-of-an-adopted-daughter-9780312187668","title":"Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classic memior of Betty Jean Liftons search for her secret past that helped open the way for so many others.  Betty Jean Lifton  acclaimed author of several books on the psychology of the adtoped that have helped open the field  tells her own story of growing up adtoped in the closed adoption system. Calling Twice Born both an autobiography and a psychological journey into the past  Lifton takes the reader with her as she describes the loneliness and islolation of an adopted child cut off from the knowledge of her heritage. She explores the ambivalence and guilt that she feels toward her adoptive parents when she awakens as an adult to her need to ask: Who am I?  With the mounting suspense of a detective novel  Twice Born explores not only the difficulty of searching for ones past when ones records are sealed  but also the complexity of trying to reunite with the birth mother from whom one has been separated by social taboos--and by time.  More than a vivid and poinant memior  Lifton has given hs a story of mothering and mother-loss attachment and bonding  secrets and lies  and the human need for origins. Important reading for anyone touched by these issues and by the experience of adoption--which is everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648056254517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312187661","price":47.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312187668.jpg?v=1781708270","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/twice-born-memoirs-of-an-adopted-daughter-9780312187668","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}