Hole in My Heart

<p>In the days before Roe v. Wade an ambitious young journalist abandoned by her beau leaves Michigan for a dream job on the city desk of a Rochester NY newspaper. Burned once she's eager for love but as the only Girl in the newsroom she's more concerned with finding allies and making friends.</p><p><br></p><p>When a new leading man appears she recognizes a kindred spirit. Soon her bylined stories claim front-page space. However when she becomes pregnant she must switch her attention from deadlines to decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>With adoption on the horizon she pushes her man to make a commitment. Sadly he wants her but not their daughter. Will Dusky ever find the little girl she longed to raise and if she does what will be the fallout from their years apart?</p><p><br></p><p>In <em>Hole in My Heart</em> the author uses her skills as a journalist to report on the social history and long-term consequences of family separation. If you like true stories with strong women narrators you'll love Lorraine Dusky's timely and heart-rending memoir about motherhood identity and love.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Written by a leader in the movement to reform adoption practices and the first to come out of the era's closet of shame. With footnotes bibliography and index.</p><p><br></p>