The Price of Children

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Stolen Lives in a Land Without Choice

Maria Laurino

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Open Road Media
22 January 2025

True crime; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Gender studies: women

The Vatican adoption scandal seen on 60 Minutes. ""I was spellbound... one of the best books I've recently read"" -Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Olive Kitteridge.

A powerful church. An acquiescent government. InThe Price of Children, investigative journalist Maria Laurino details the shocking story of mothers and children deceived and exploited as directed by the highest levels of the Vatican.

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.

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.

The Price of Childrenis 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.

""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."" -Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prizewinning author

""An extraordinary work of investigative journalism."" -Corriere della Sera

""By shedding light on the mistreatment suffered by single mothers of that time, [The Price of Children] invites all women to defend those civil rights which, today, are questioned in many parts of the world."" -Vanity Fair Italia

""[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

By: Maria Laurino
Imprint: Open Road Media
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9781504099233
ISBN 10: 1504099230
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 22 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maria Laurino is the author of the national bestselling memoir Were You Always an Italian?, an exploration of how stereotypes and class prejudice influenced Italian American identity; the memoir Old World Daughter, New World Mother, a meditation on contemporary feminism; and The Italian Americans, a companion book to the PBS documentary. A former staff writer for the Village Voice, Laurino's work has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Republic, and Salon; her essays have been widely anthologized including in the Norton Reader. marialaurino.com

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Stolen Lives in a Land Without Choice

Maria Laurino

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