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The Primal Wound
I am a reunited adoptee and was encouraged to read the book by a birthmother. I was born in the early 60's and when I read the part where it talked of babies being given pheonbarbatal to keep babies from crying for their mothers I broke down and cried because I very well could have been one of those babies given that medication due to the fact of the times and that I was cared for in the hospital nursery for the first three weeks of my life. I also found many things in the book that describes my life to a T. At times parts of it were scary for me to read knowing how much I was able to relate to the issues mentioned in the book.
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