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​Gretchen Sisson, PhD, is a sociologist who studies abortion and adoption in the United States.

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She is the author of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood, forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press (Macmillan) in February 2024.

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Gretchen lives in San Francisco with her husband, three children, and their little free library. She is a native of Pennsylvania, and an alumna of Amherst College and Boston College. Gretchen is represented by McKinnon Literary.

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