{"product_id":"surrender-a-memoir-of-nature-nurture-and-love-9781951479299","title":"Surrender: A memoir of nature, nurture, and love","description":"Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdopted at birth, Marylee's parents told her she was a \"chosen child.\" She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents' divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConvinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNature vs. nurture: \u003c\/strong\u003e Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, read Marylee MacDonald's\u003cstrong\u003e funny and poignant\u003c\/strong\u003e memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacDonald, Marylee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Marylee MacDonald has taught fiction writing and literary editing for the Piper Center for Arizona State University, and she has been Writer-in-Residence for the City of Mesa Public Library. Her books have won the Jeanne M. Leiby Chapbook Competition, been an INDIEFAB Finalist for FOREWORD REVIEWS, and earned a Gold Medal for Drama from Readers' Favorites.","brand":"Grand Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50529182220562,"sku":"9781951479299","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54785a22-6f7e-4b0b-a66d-b0cb68fa276c.jpg?v=1731342229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/surrender-a-memoir-of-nature-nurture-and-love-9781951479299","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}