{"product_id":"the-price-of-children-stolen-lives-in-a-land-without-choice-paperback","title":"The Price of Children: Stolen Lives in a Land Without Choice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Laurino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I was spellbound . . . one of the best books I've recently read\" --Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOlive Kittredge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A powerful church. An acquiescent government. In \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Children\u003c\/i\u003e, investigative journalist Maria Laurino details the shocking story of mothers and children deceived and exploited as directed by the highest levels of the Vatican. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between 1950 and 1970, the Vatican and the American Catholic Church sent nearly four thousand Italian children to the United States for adoption into \"good\" Catholic homes. With the religious stigma of unwed motherhood turning families against daughters and a Church and State wanting \"illegitimate\" children sent abroad, mothers were lied to, given forms to sign that they didn't understand, or even told their baby had died, all to further supply this international adoption pipeline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maria Laurino uncovers archival correspondence among priests who ran this program; provides testimonies from birth mothers and their adopted children; and with passion and insight, considers how the intersection of Catholicism, women, sex, and sin shaped private lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Children\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and brilliant account about the tenacity of people searching for their origins and trying to answer long-buried questions. It is a chilling lesson for post-Dobbs America as the author describes the danger of a powerful church and acquiescent government dictating the shape of a woman's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I could not put this book down. An amazing read. Laurino eloquently unfolds the nefarious history of the Italian 'war adoptions' in a manner that is entirely readable and clear as a bell, her research precise and well rendered.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An extraordinary work of investigative journalism.\" --\u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"By shedding light on the mistreatment suffered by single mothers of that time, [\u003ci\u003eThe Price of Children\u003c\/i\u003e] invites all women to defend those civil rights which, today, are questioned in many parts of the world.\" --\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair Italia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[An] astonishing investigative work. . . . Maria Laurino's painful, very rich and very human book. . . . Helps us ask fundamental questions about the present and the future.\" --Doppiozero\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978236330285,"sku":"9781504099233","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/7zGrj_Y8nl9781504099233.webp?v=1775801189","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-price-of-children-stolen-lives-in-a-land-without-choice-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}