num_pages: 256
description: For the first time, a birthmother shares a story where regrets are replaced with respect, pain is replaced with love, and secrecy is replaced with honesty. Author Patricia Dischler provides a poignant and moving narrative, notable for its honesty. Patricia chose an open adoption arrangement for her son Joe in 1985. He is now an adult and their story has come full circle.
language: English
title: Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's View Of Open Adoption
titlecomplete: Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's View Of Open Adoption
genres: Adoption
ratings_count: 24
publisher: Goblin Fern Press