Behind Closed Doors: A Daughter's Story
Dechristopher, Daniella / Dryfhout, Maria
A compelling true story about an Italian Catholic family that came to America on vacation and never returned to their homeland. When their youngest unwed daughter became pregnant, her family disowned her. It was 1949. Abortions were illegal. She was seventeen when she gave birth. She was my mother. This book chronicles the effects an unwanted child had on three families and three generations. It shares my mother's fight for survival to care fo...