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Podcast: Reality Life with Kate Casey
Episode: Ep. - 1109 - SATURDAY SERIES: ANN FESSLER
Description: Kate read the book The Girls That Went Away by Ann Fessler after a family secret was revealed, a relative had placed a child for adoption in the 1960s. She felt the book was so helpful in understanding their painful experience, and has wanted to discuss it with Ann ever since.    Between 2002 and 2005, Fessler interviewed 100 women who lost children to adoption during the 28 years that followed WWII, when a perfect storm of circumstances led to an unprecedented 1.5 million surrenders. With the support of a 2003–2004 Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard, Fessler continued interviewing as she researched the histor...