num_pages: 224
description: A mother and her child lost and then found again after four decades: this extraordinary story of love loss and reunion is told in alternating voices by the two women each relating her own powerful experience.For the mother it's the tale of an unhappy marriage followed by betrayal a pregnancy of uncertain paternity and the heartrending decision to give up her newborn. The daughter's search begins 40 years later as she slowly painstakingly stitches together her story.These intertwined tales give us two unforgettable points of view of a remarkable journey-and of the multiple meanings of motherhood.
language: English
title: Jessica Lost: A Story of Birth, Adoption  The Meaning of Motherhood
publisher: Union Square Press