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In the days before Roe v. Wade, an ambitious young journalist from the Midwest is abandoned by her Michigan beau. Instead of wallowing, she dusts herself off and lands a dream job on the city desk of a Rochester, New York newspaper. Burned once, she's eager for love, but as the only Girl in the newsroom, she needs to find allies and make friends. When a new leading man appears, she recognizes a kindred spirit. Soon, her bylined stories claim front-page space; however, when she becomes pregnant, she must switch her attention from deadlines to decisions. With adoption on the horizon, she pushes her man to make a commitment. Sadly, he wants her, but not their daughter. Will Dusky ever find the little girl she longed to raise, and if she does, what will be the fallout from their years apart? In Hole in My Heart, the author uses her skills as a journalist to report on the social history and long-term consequences of family separation. If you like true stories with strong women narrators, you'll love Lorraine Dusky's timely and heartrending memoir about motherhood, identity and love. Written by a leader in the movement to reform adoption practices and the first to come out of a bygone era's closet of shame. With footnotes, bibliography, and index.

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Meticulously researched, her story shows how she slowly became a major force in the advocacy for open adoption. -Drucilla Cornell, professor emeritus Rutgers University A tour de force full of insight and inspiration. -Richard Uhrlaub, President, Adoption Search Resource Connection Her devastating research shows that the scars she and her daughter received from the adoption industry were not unique. -Marianne Novy, founding co-chair of the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture . . . should be required reading for all parents who are contemplating placing a child or adopting . . . -Elizabeth Jurenovich, director of Abrazo Adoption Services, San Antonio I felt that I was listening in to Lorraine's experiences across the years somewhere between her heart and her skin. -Pam Hasegawa, former board member, American Adoption Congress Hole in My Heart will change the way people think about adoption. -Florence Fisher, founder of ALMA (Adoptees Liberty Movement Association) Dusky shines a spotlight on the harmful outcome of closed adoption and the lasting impact of secrecy upon relationships. -Jean A.S. Strauss, author of Birthright Her restraint in telling her tragic, timeless and redemptive story is an extraordinary feat. A tour de force that should be read by everyone. -Kiana Davenport, author of The Spy Lover and Shark Dialogues . . . a compelling manifesto for why our culture and legal system must re-think and reform adoption down to its roots. -David Smolin, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Children, Law, and Ethics, Cumberland Law School, Samford University . . . a powerful memoir you won't be able to stop reading till the final page. Her story is modern and retro, tough and tender, romantic and profoundly honest. -Delores Teller, past president of the American Adoption Congress Dusky's courageous, honest book puts a human face on the emotional minefield of adoption while navigating an often-hidden truth-that at the heart of every adoption there are issues of loss, guilt, emptiness, abandonment and an incomplete sense of identity. Much more than a good read, Hole in My Heart integrates important research findings that support the universality and truth of Dusky's personal experience. -David Kirschner, PhD, psychoanalyst, author of Adoption: Uncharted Waters With lyrical prose and unwavering commitment, she advocates eloquently for adoption-law reform. -Justice Faith Ireland, Washington State Supreme Court, (Ret.) . . . beautiful, powerful, and painful. -Nancy Verrier, author of The Primal Wound

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LORRAINE DUSKY is a journalist and revered leader in the movement to open sealed birth records for adoptees. Her articles have appeared in New Woman, McCall's, Town & Country, The New York Times, and many other magazines.

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