Birth Mothers Emerge From The Fog

Let's talk about adoption.

By: Jisu Sheen

Outlets: Midbrow

Published: March 29, 2026

Words: 1,168

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Relinquished
By Gretchen Sisson
St. Martin’s Press
Out in paperback March 17, 2026

Adoption. Let’s talk about it.

Specifically, domestic, private infant adoptions in the United States.

As author and research scholar Gretchen Sisson writes, Americans “see adoption as a way of ensuring better lives for children who might otherwise not have homes or parents at all.”

But, she goes on to say, “These beliefs are rarely rooted in reality.”

Like many others, I’ve come to understand society’s role in adoption as …

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