Gretchen Sisson is a sociologist who studies abortion and adoption in the United States.
She is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood, based on hundreds of in-depth interviews with women who have relinquished infants for domestic adoption over the past 60 years.
“Sisson’s comprehensive and harrowing debut draws on a decade of interviews and archival research to argue that America’s current discourse around adoption belies its insidious history of targeting vulnerable mothers and children...The result is a devastating and urgent condemnation of America’s adoption industry.”
Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Gretchen is represented by McKinnon Literary with publicity by Page One Media. For media inquiries, contact Isabella at isabella@page1m.com.
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